Caught In His Embrace A Second Chance Romance novel Chapter 384

Yvette was teasing him about Josiah's earlier aloofness towards her. Yvette had noticed everything.

Josiah felt embarrassed and shook his head awkwardly. "How could that be?"

"Then just eat," Yvette handed him a spoon, "Stop overthinking things." Yvette added a side dish to his bowl, "Just like Howard, I'll always be your family."

Josiah was choked up, his throat tight with emotion. After a long moment, he nodded. "Yeah."

"Here you go," Yvette said.

Josiah swallowed a spoonful of porridge; it was warm, but he still couldn't taste it. He once had a real family. But once again, his family didn't want him.

Josiah thought, 'In my past life, what did I do to deserve this? From the moment I was born and abandoned by my parents, and now is my lover. Life is vast, like an ocean or mountains and rivers, but it's all by myself.'

*****

Following the address Sienna sent him, Conner arrived at the Sunshine Neighborhood. He thought, 'Does Sienna live here? Isn't she the adopted daughter of the Flynn family? Or Mr. Flynn's wife?

'Why does she live in such a community? Not that there's anything wrong with Sunshine Neighborhood, but it just doesn't match her status.'

Full of questions, Conner drove up to the apartment building where Sienna was already waiting for him at the entrance.

"Just park here," Sienna said with a smile as she came over. "This is an old neighborhood. Not much red tape here. As long as you park properly and don't block anyone, it's fine."

"Okay," Conner said as he got out of the car, unable to hide his curiosity. "Sienna, is this where you live?"

"Yes," Sienna said with a knowing smile, understanding his confusion, "Josiah and I divorced a while ago."

Conner was shocked. "When did that happen?" He thought, 'Don't you both make the news for your official announcement not long ago?'

"It's a long story," Sienna laughed, "If you're interested, I'll tell you about it later. Oh, and don't mention it to Joyce, she doesn't know anything about it."

Sienna paused for a moment for emphasis. "And don't mention her dad either; Joyce doesn't know she has one."

Conner was shocked. His mood instantly turned heavy. He thought, 'Sienna, what kind of life have you lived all these years?'

"Let's go," Sienna smiled casually, "Knowing that you'll come, Joyce didn't nap well today." The two of them entered the apartment building one after the other.

"This is it." Sienna stopped and took out the key to unlock the door.

Conner held his breath, feeling a bit nervous. After the door opened, he heard the little footsteps and a child's innocent voice.

"Mommy! Mommy's back!" Joyce yelled.

"Joyce," Sienna bent down and touched Joyce's freshly tied bun. "Your uncle is here, say hi to him." She stepped aside as she spoke.

Conner stood there, swallowing nervously. One looked down while the other looked up, Conner and Joyce met eyes. "Hi, Joyce, I'm Conner."

Joyce tilted her little head, noticing he looked a bit like Sienna. She reached out her tiny arms. "Conner, give me a hug."

"Okay." Conner was surprised, grinned widely, and bent down to pick Joyce up.

"Joyce is even prettier than in the photos. I brought you a gift, do you want to see it?" Conner asked.

"Yes! Thank you, Conner!" Hugging Conner's neck, she gave him a big kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you, Joyce," Conner smiled with his eyes turning into crescents, wondering how there could be such an adorable child in the world.

"Let's go, time to open presents," Conner said.

Conner got Joyce a custom doll, about the same size as her, complete with a suitcase filled with clothes, shoes, bags, and jewelry for the doll.

"Mom. It's as big as me," Joyce said.

Joyce was thrilled, "How pretty!" she exclaimed excitedly, pulling Conner along, "Conner, let's change the doll's clothes and style its hair."

"Sure." Conner nodded with a grin, very patient.