Caught In His Embrace: A Second Chance Romance

Chapter 402 With Joyce in his arms, Conner left the outpatient building with Sienna. To their surprise, they were stopped at the exit.

"Well, well, well," uttered Reyna, arms crossed, looking leisurely between Conner, Sienna, and Joyce. "Care to tell what's going on here?" Sienna frowned, her heart sinking. "Why are you here?" Conner hurriedly handed Joyce to Sienna. "Sienna, take Joyce and go. Reyna can be a bit much; I don't want her to frighten Joyce." "Okay." Sienna nodded. "Joyce, say goodbye to Uncle Conner." "Bye-bye, Uncle Conner!" voiced Joyce.

"Bye-bye, Joyce," replied Conner.

Without further ado, Sienna hurried away with Joyce in her embrace.

"Hey, get back here!" Reyna immediately went after Sienna. "Stop right there! You hear me, Sienna?" "Reyna!" Conner raised his arm to stop Reyna. "Stop it. What are you doing here?" In hindsight, he sneered, "You tailed me." "Yeah, so what?" Reyna was not going to deny it. Ever since the BMW incident, she had been holding a grudge. Conner had refused to admit that he had bought Sienna a car.

"Had I not tailed you, you'd have kept lying and never owned up." Reyna pointed in the direction Sienna had gone. "How do you explain yourself now? Didn't you say nothing was going on between you two?" "Look at yourself." Conner frowned and shook his head. "Why wouldn't I tell you the truth? Because I knew this would happen. Do you even see Sienna as your sister?" "She's not!" Reyna retorted, her chin held high. "We don't share the smother. How can she ever be my sister?" "You..." Conner pursed his lips with anger. "You can't even tell right from wrong! This is exactly why I told you nothing!" He grabbed Reyna's wrist and continued, "Quit making a scene here. We're going home." "Fine by me! As if I'm scared of you," stated Reyna.

***** "Get inside," ordered Conner.

"Ah!" Reyna cried out in pain as Conner shoved her through the doorway.

She quickly grumbled, "Conner! You're hurting me! I'm your biological sister! How could you be so gentle and considerate to that bitch Sienna but so mean to me? Are you even human?" "It's precisely because I'm human that I'm gentle and considerate to her," remarked Conner.

Reyna hollered, "Conner, you-" "What's going on?" Tania cdown the stairs. "I could hear you two arguing from upstairs. What is it this time?" "Mom!" Reyna exclaimed while rushing over to Tania, clinging to Tania's arm and pointing at Conner. "I caught him red-handed! Remember how he denied seeing Sienna last time?" Reyna narrowed her eyes and added, "He left particularly early today, so I kept an eye on him and secretly tailed him. Guess what? He met up with Sienna, and they went to the hospital together." "Is that so?" Tania frowned, looking at Conner skeptically. "Conner, is that true?" Knitting his brows, Conner rubbed his forehead and bobbed his head. "Yes." "Hah!" Reyna guffawed triumphantly. "You hear that, Mom? I don't care since he bought Sienna a car, you'll have to make him buyone, too." "Zip it," Tania snapped at Reyna. "Stop making a fuss." "But Mom!" Reyna was astonished, her eyes welling up on the spot. "Why are you being hard on me?" "You idiot." Tania was so pissed that she could not be bothered. "I'll tell you later." She then turned to Conner and asked with narrowed eyes, "Conner, why did you go to the hospital? Are you ill?" 'Wasn't the surgery after the last car accident a big success?' she wondered.

"Wait a minute..." Tania's mind raced. "Even if you're ill, why did you go to the hospital with Sienna? She must have something to do with this." "Mom." A wrinkle creased Conner's forehead as a headache assailed him. Never did he expect things to go wrong because of Reyna. "This " "Spit it out." Tania's voice was low and stern, her eyes narrowing to slits. "I want the truth. Don't try to fool me. Sienna has got something to do with this, right? She's sick, so you took her to the hospital, didn't you?" Swnov "Mom." Reyna suddenly remembered something. "That's right. That bitch Sienna was carrying a kid! Ah..." The next second, she was shocked and shouted, "That kid called Conner 'uncle.' Yes, that was what she called him." "Reyna." Conner sounded furious. "Sienna is your sister. Show her srespect." Then, he looked at Tania and went on, "Mom, Sienna is my sister." His expression seemed taut as he struggled to control himself. "What's wrong withtaking care of her?" Gritting his teeth, he continued to spit out, "You know better than anyone how Reyna and I cinto this world, and how our family lives the way we do now." After he finished speaking, he bolted upstairs.

Tania's face changed tically, and she almost lost her footing. Gazing at Conner's retreating figure, she was left in disbelief.

Conner was her beloved son, one whom she saw as her most precious and had raised painstakingly. To think that Conner would talk to her that way, all for an outsider.

"Conner, what's with that attitude?" Reyna yetted at Conner's back, then rushed over and tugged at Tanja. "Mom, if he won't geta car, you'll have to getone. I can't be worse off than an outsider, can 12 "Knock it off already!" Tania shook off Reyna, exasperated. "Getting a car is all you care about." Tania had least expected Conner to be so protective of Sienna. A heavy sense of crisis started weighing on her.

Reyna, in turn, was gnashing her teeth in fury. Not only did she not bag a car for herself, but she was even given an earful all morning. To make things worse, it was all because of Sienna, or so she thought.

***** Upstairs, Conner was on the phone with Sienna. "Everything is fine, Sienna. Don't worry." There was no way Sienna could drop her worries. Thus cher question. "Did they find out about Joyce?" "No." Conner shook his head. "But it's probably impossible to keep it a secret on the day of the surgery." After all, it was such a major surgery that would require hospitalization.

Conner quickly continued, "Still, don't you worry, Sienna. I won't be swayed by them." "Okay." Sienna nodded. "Thank you, Conner." "Stop saying stuff like this. I called to put your mind at ease, not fishing for credit," said Conner.

After a brief hiatus, he reminded Sienna, "Still, Reyna can be quite a handful man be aut She tailedtoday. Be careful of her. Callif you need anything." "Got it," responded Sienna.

***** That afternoon, Joyce was taking a nap when the doorbell rang. Afraid of waking Joyce, Sienna rushed to answer the door.

The minute the door opened, there Reyna was, arms crossed, glaring daggers at Sienna. "I finally managed to track you down, Sienna."

Reyna had followed Sienna there that morning, but she only knew them building Sienna stayed in, not the exact floor. Reyna had been searching floor by floor. Frowning, Sienna shut the door behind her before leading Reyna further away, feeling uneasy and impatient. "We'll talk over there." Sienna dreaded that Reyna might cause a scene right in front of her hand wake Joyce up, not to mention startle Joyce.

"Hmph!" A snort escaped Reyna. "Fine." Sienna led Reyna toward the stairwell, a fire escape route that would usually be quiet.

As she made her way there, she texted Conner: [Reyna is here.] Much to Conner's anticipation, Reyna had wasted no tknocking at Sienna's door.