Caught In His Embrace A Second Chance Romance novel Chapter 70

Chapter 70

“ Grandmal ” Josiah was more than worried .

Among the elite , marriage arrangements were quite common .

He had seen many marriages lacking affection , driven solely by family interests .

He was worried someone might marry Sienna merely for her position .

“ Enough ” Miranda remained calm .

“ Who is responsible for the namors and gossip she faced today ? ”

Josiah was momentarily speechless .

Miranda sighed .

“ What’s done is done , and this kind of gossip is unavoidable , ” She continued .

“ I can’t believe that in all of Jeiacrity , there’s not a single decent young man who genuinely cares for her and doesn’t mind her past ? ”

Miranda was very optimistic .

“ Let me tell you , matters of the hear are hard to predict

Sering Miranda was persistent .

Josiah couldn’t do anything about it .

Just then , Josiah looked around .

“ Where’s Siennal

“ Oh , I told her to wander around , ” Miranda said with a smile , “ I’ll make the big decisions , but she should make her own connections too .

Maybe fate will bring someone to her .

”

Despite Miranda’s kind intentions , Sienna couldn’t embrace it .

Miranda encouraged her to walk around and mingle with young people .

Having been away from Jeiacrity for so long , she wasn’t used to gatherings anymore .

Holding her plate , she found a quiet corner to sit in .

She was supposed to perform tonight , Josiah called Henry and said he was taking her out , and Henry agreed without hesitation .

Sienna looked down at the food on her plate , muttering softly , “ Eat more , practice more tonight .

Don’t worry about gaining weight .

”

A low chuckle came from beside her .

Suanded .

Sienna looked up .

“ Cedric ? ”

“ Yeah ” Cedric’s smile remained as he pointed to her plate , “ You’re rea the seat next to her .

“ Mind if I sit here ? ”

really skinny .

Eat more , don’t worry about gaining weight ,” He then pointed to

“ Not at all ”

Cedric sat down beside her , so close he could smell the subcle fragrance on her .

“ You- Cedric was a bit nervous , his Adam’s apple bobbing .

“ So you’re the adopted daughter of the Flynn family .

”

Sienna gave him a gentle smile and nodded .

“ Yes , when I was fifteen , I lost all my family , and Grandma adopted me ,” Curious , she asked , “ You didn’t

After all , back in the day , with her bad reputation , everyone in Jelacrity knew about her .

her name

they

seen her , they had definitely heard of

“ No ” Cedric shook his head and said honestly , I went abroad in middle school and just returned to Jriacrity not long ago

That

was why .

“I see , ” Sienna lowered her head and continued eating

“ Ahem , ” Cedric cleared his throat nervously , mustering up the courage .

“ You and Josiah – Are you two doing well ? ”

Sienna was surprised , wondering what he wanted to ask .

Cedric immediately realized that asking such a question to someone he had just met was quite abrupt .

“ Im sorry , I didn’t mean to pry into your personal life .

I’m just-

nina guessed he probably wanted to know her relationship with Josiah and whether she still had feelings for him .

Cedric blushed , unable to bring himself to ask .

“ Its fine .

” Sienna chackled softly , signaling him to relax .

“ Don’t worry , you’ve been abroad for years , so being curious is normal , ” She said .

“ Everyone in Jriarrity knows that he doesn’t like me .

Or rather , he hates me ,

teemed Cedric had heard a bit about them from Yosef .