Caught In His Embrace: A Second Chance Romance

Chapter 123

Seeing Sienna hesitating. Charles gave Derek a quick order.

“Derek, bring a few more scripts for Sienna. Sienna, take these home and study the role of the second female lead carefully. No rush… you’ve got time to prepare,” he said

Caught off guard by his kindness, Sienna hesitated but eventually nodded. “Alright, Mr. Carter

This week, Howard was set to move back to the Flynn residence from the hospital. What he needed most now was rehabilitation, something that could easily be done at home. The familiar environment and the presence of family would also help his recovery.

Sienna received the news directly from Miranda.

“Sienna, you must come over, Let’s all sit down for a proper family meal together,” she said..

“I understand, Miranda.” Sienna nodded.

Without any objections, Sienna agreed. When she arrived, however, she didn’t see Howard or Miranda. Instead, Josiah was out on the balcony, smoking.

Charles’s words came to mind, making Sienna uneasy. ‘Could it really be true? Did Josiah blacklist Enio in the industry… for me she wondered.

Before she could step inside, Yvette came down the stairs

and walked straight to the balcony.

“Josiah, why did you do it?” Yvette’s brows furrowed in clear discontent.

“What are you talking about?” Josiah flicked the ash off his cigarette, looking puzzled.

“Enio,” Yvette said pointedly. “My charity promo, right in the middle of production, the producer is gone? I heard you blacklisted Ento in the industry!”

“Oh, him.” Josiah nodded slightly. “Yeah, that’s true.”

His offhand tone made Yvette laugh in frustration. “Are you serious? Did you not know I was working with him? This promo was his investment!”

was blacklisted, the promo was effectively

cigarette. “Do you think Enio’s a good person? Have

at the

silence was confirmation enough. I told you then not to work with people like him, lowlifes who can’t keep their

a bit sleazy, but it’s not like he actually did anything to me.” No,

replied, “Do we really have to wait until he does something worse to deal with

he found out about this, trust me, he’d come down on

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eutsiders, Howard always seemed

why he was so formidable.

in expression, Josiah softened his tone. Tjust one promo. If you really want to do it, you

catch. She had stopped paying attention because, honestly, she didn’t care anymore. She

There’s no way Josiah

how it should be. Once again, she had

walked inside with a newfound lightness in her step. Miranda was

Howard, Sienna

the book she had been reading aloud

in time.

that be?”

T’m just trying to get him talking as soon as possible, but

but laugh. “Miranda, maybe

probably too long. It’s tough for Howard to follow along.” As she spoke, she pulled out a stack of flashcards from her bag, the kind kindergarten kids use to learn words. Holding them up, Sienna smiled at Howard. “Howard, here you go. Read these one by one, a word at a time,

He gave Sienna a faint smile and managed to utter a muddled

“Okay…” he murmured.

clapped her hands, beaming. “Sienna,

was experience. The doctors had said Howard needed to start from the basics, like a child, to reawaken his

to speak, she had bought these exact flashcards and

on waking up and coming

gave a slow but deliberate

and Yvette walked in, one after the other. Seeing the scene