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!”

Enio was blacklisted, the promo was effectively

cigarette. “Do you think Enio’s a good person? Have you forgotten what he did to

at the project launch party, when he put his arm around

to work with people

“Sure, he’s a bit sleazy, but it’s not like he actually did anything to me.” No, Enio hadn’t done anything else to Yvette. But

replied, “Do we really have to wait until

“Howard’s awake now. If he found out about this, trust me, he’d come down on Enio even

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that. To eutsiders, Howard always seemed warn

was so formidable. A truly mild–mannered person wouldn’t be capable of leading the

his tone. Tjust one promo. If you

catch. She had stopped paying attention because, honestly,

See? There’s no way Josiah did this for me,

Yvette. That made sense. That was how it

inside with a newfound lightness in her step. Miranda

Howard, Sienna greeted

Miranda quickly set down the book

just in time. Howard’s been complaining that I’m annoying

that be?” Sienna

T’m just trying to get him talking as

“Miranda, maybe

are 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

able to sit up, was leaning against his wheelchair. He gave

“Okay…” he murmured.

hands, beaming. “Sienna, you’re

much thoughtfulness as it was experience. The doctors had said Howard needed to start from the basics, like a child, to reawaken his cognitive and physical functions. This reminded Sienna of

and taught her one word at a time. So, she had simply

“Howard, congratulations on waking up and coming home. Don’t rush. It’ll get better,

gave a slow but

after the other. Seeing the scene before him, Josiah couldn’t help but think, ‘Sienna really does care