The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 290

Suddenly, the phone on the nightstand rang. It was the new phone Pierce had brought her earlier.

Riley picked it up. It was Quinn. As soon as she answered, Quinn's frantic voice burst through the speaker. "Riley, is that you?"

"Yeah."

"You scared me half to death!" Quinn's voice cracked with tears. "Stay right there, I'm coming to the hospital right now."

Warmth flooded Riley's heart. "Okay. Don't rush, drive safe. I'm fine."

About twenty minutes later, Quinn burst in. She looked Riley up and down, and seeing that she was physically intact, the massive weight on her chest finally lifted.

She demanded to know what happened. Why was her phone off? Why did she just vanish?

Riley gave her a brief rundown of the kidnapping and the near-assault. The story terrified Quinn, who hugged Riley tightly, her eyes filled with lingering dread. "Those animals. They deserve to rot in hell."

She pulled back and immediately asked, "Did you call the cops? We have to make sure they're locked away for life!"

Riley shook her head. "No. Blowing this up publicly won't do me any good."

Quinn realized she was right. If word got out that Riley was almost assaulted, the social stigma would be unbearable. "I was just too angry. But are we really just going to let them off the hook?"

"Pierce has them. He said he'll find out who ordered the hit."

Quinn gasped. "It wasn't random? Someone planned this?"

Riley nodded.

"Who would be that malicious?"

He told her he landed at 3:00 PM. She woke up in the hospital at 5:00 PM. He must have rescued her from that abandoned factory around 4:30. In just an hour and a half, he had found her.

Tracking her down in such a short window must have taken an insane amount of effort, yet he hadn't said a word about it. Even when she asked how he knew she was in trouble, he simply dropped Quinn's name and brushed past it.

Riley suddenly remembered the two things Zach had mentioned: her special recruitment into the Unity Health Center, and the harsh punishment for the people responsible for Jenna's suicide attempt. Sebastian had orchestrated both.

This man never bragged or took credit in front of her, but he had quietly done so much.

Seeing Riley zone out at the mention of Sebastian, Quinn recalled the ointment he had overnighted her. When Quinn had described Sebastian as ruthless and bloodthirsty, Riley had instinctively defended him.

And today, Sebastian had tracked down Quinn's number just to find Riley, locating her in record time. Why would a man like that go to such lengths if he didn't care deeply about her?

A wild thought popped into Quinn's head, and she couldn't stop herself from asking, "Are you and Sebastian dating?"