Caught In His Embrace: A Second Chance Romance

Chapter 127

Yvette acted as though she hadn’t seen anything, her expression unchanged.

“I came back early today. How about we take a walk in the garden” she suggested.

Howard nodded. He still needed to use a wheelchair, but he was able to stand with some assistance now.

Taking a few steps was manageable, and he was happy to try. “Let’s go.”

Yvette stood up and wheeled him outside. Later, as Howard was practicing standing with a walker in the garden, a servant approached.

The servant stood behind Yvette and spoke in a low voice. “Ms. Young, the trash has been taken out.”

“Good.” Yvette nodded. “Anything suspicious?”

“Here you go,” she said.

The servant handed her a small, burnt fragment, about the size of two fingers.

Yvette took it, frowning as she examined it. It looked like a corner of a photograph likely a girl’s head, based on the hairstyle.

This must have been something Howard had frantically burned earlier. ‘A picture of a girl? Why? Who is she?‘ she wondered.

“Alright, it’s nothing,” Yvette said.

“Understood, Ms. Young,” the servant nodded.

She dismissed the servant, carefully storing the fragment away.

The date for the performance had been set, this Friday, at 8:00 PM.

Being scheduled at such a prime time showed just how much Brenda valued the event and her expectations for it.

Sienna felt a mix of nervousness and excitement. This was her first big stage performance, and it was a significant milestone in her career. There was no room for failure.

Ticket sales were all online now, and that night, Sienna forced herself to go to sleep after checking the ticketing site.

Brenda had told her beforehand, “Don’t worry about the tickets selling out. Lightning Dance has always been in high demand. Just focus on dancing.

“If the premiere fails, that’s when the real trouble starts for the dance studio.”

The next morning, Sienna woke up and checked the ticketing website. Everything was sold out.

truly standing on a great stage

her phone buzzed. It was a

out.] The message was followed by

He was keeping an eye

Sienna: [Thank you]

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you the best of luck with

other end, Cedric set his phone down, thinking for a moment, then opened

VIP private

send, then waited for responses. Yes,

and there was no way he wasn’t going to support

was that if ticket sales didn’t go well, he would buy up the remaining tickets himself. He could afford it and didn’t mind

up watching the ticketing site, waiting for the clock

tickets. If he had been even a little

buzzed again as the group

Thomas: [Sienna’s performance?]

[Yes, please show your

Yosef: [Sure, I’m free.]

Cedric: [Thanks, Yosef.]

What about Mr. Flynn?

sipping coffee with the other.

I’ve got nothing

settled, then. Thanks again,

Josiah’s expression remained calm and composed, as if none

stammering, “Mr. Flynn, most of the employees I contacted couldn’t get tickets. Only a handful managed

asked Zach to arrange for Flynn

since most of these employees weren’t theater enthusiasts and had no experience buying tickets for

satisfied and cast a glance at Zach. “No problem. Tell them I appreciate

Mr. Flynn,”

‘Why does he look so pleased they didn’t get the tickets? Was he

time for

when he arrived. On

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the corridor that led from backstage to the main hall. There was no need to guess who they

performance outfit. She looked tall and elegant,

Cedric smiled shyly. “Am I bothering

Sienna shook her head with a smile. “Actually, I’m nervous right now. You’re just in