Caught In His Embrace: A Second Chance Romance

Chapter 413

'Mr. Flynn must be back for real this time,' Tara thought as she hurried outside. Sure enough, it was Josiah. After a long day of playing, Joyce was exhausted and fast asleep in his arms.

Tara felt a sense of relief upon seeing him. "Mr. Flynn, you should go and have a look. Someone is causing trouble again."

From the open apartment door came the shrill, piercing screams of a woman.

Josiah's expression grew tense. Afraid of waking Joyce, he carefully handed her over to Tara. "Tara, take Joyce for a walk downstairs."

"Oh, okay," Tara responded, understanding that he didn't want to frighten Joyce. She cradled Joyce in her arms and headed downstairs.

Josiah frowned and strode into the apartment.

Sienna screamed in anger, flipping Tania over and pinning her down. She pressed her palm against Tania's cheek, squeezing hard. Tania couldn't move, her cheek firmly pressed against the floor.

Sienna's eyes blazed with intensity. "Just because I don't hit you, you think I can't? You're not young anymore, Tania. I didn't hit you out of respect for Conner. How could someone as rotten as you have such a good child like Conner?"

She couldn't justify accepting Conner's bone marrow donation while hitting his mother. She released her grip and growled, "Don't you dare try that again. I won't care even if you are Conner's mother."

"How dare you hit me?" Tania gasped as she regained her breath, scrambling to her feet with her eyes blazing red. "I'm going to kill you!"

Josiah stormed in at that moment, his anger blazing. He yanked Tania away, eyes narrowed. "What on earth is wrong with you two? Do you think this is some kind of circus? Grow up and act like adults! Even dogs have better manners than this."

"What?" Tania exclaimed, her fury rising. "Who do you think you are with that filthy mouth of yours?" But as soon as she recognized him, she stuttered, "Y-You're Josiah..."

Josiah didn't waste any words. With a quick flick of his wrist, he threw Tania aside. She stumbled, struggling to keep her balance, her eyes red with fury.

like her?" She pointed at Sienna. "She's bad luck. Anyone who gets close to her is

you just say?" Sienna trembled, clenching her fists, her

scoffed, lifting her chin and glaring down at Sienna. "First, you killed your mother, then your grandmother, and now you want to curse Conner with your bad luck? Oh, and let's not forget about your terminally ill

curse! A total curse!" "You..." Sienna's eyes widened, and her lips were slightly parted. Her muscles were tense, and her body started

immediately noticed. He glared at Tania, grabbed

in pain, rubbing her

now! If you don't leave, I won't hesitate to lay hands on you, even if you're

the menacing look on Josiah's face, Tania realized he was not someone to mess with. "Fine, I'm leaving! I care about my life, even if you

tell Sienna that Conner won't be donating his bone marrow. She can

apartment. Inside, Sienna remained in the same spot, her entire

He guided her to the couch, noticing how cold her

at him blankly, her eyes unfocused. "I'm a

even more as he took her hands in his. "Don't listen to that old fool.

at the corners.

shook her head, her voice barely a whisper as

Dad divorced that year, Mom took me back to our hometown, Pinkine Town. I... I couldn't accept that Dad didn't want

I kept sneaking out, trying to find

down in front of her, gazing up

continued, "Whenever I went missing, Mom would always search for me... That time, Grandma found me, but... Mom didn't return all

dread washed over Josiah. "Sienna...

day, Mom still didn't come back..." Sienna went on, seemingly oblivious to Josiah's plea, lost in her memories. "It wasn't until a few

"Mom... Mom... She... She was

me on a cliff. It was too dark, and she... she