The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 291

Riley immediately shook her head. "No."

Her expression carried the flustered guilt of someone whose deepest secret had just been exposed.

Quinn eyed her skeptically. "Really?"

"I swear." Riley had nothing to hide from Quinn. Her mind was a tangled mess right now, and she genuinely needed someone to help her sort it out. After a two-second pause, she recounted exactly what Sebastian had said to her.

Quinn's jaw dropped. Sebastian actually liked Riley?!

How could he possibly fall for her?

It was completely unbelievable.

It wasn't that Quinn thought Riley wasn't good enough—in her eyes, Riley was beautiful, exceptional, driven, and resilient. She was a catch for anyone. But Riley was Pierce's ex-wife, deeply entangled with the Landon family.

Given their social ties, Sebastian daring to harbor those kinds of feelings was shocking.

After processing the bombshell, Quinn asked, "So, what are you going to do?"

Riley shook her head, utterly lost. "I have no idea. It's so sudden. I've never even looked at him that way."

Quinn felt Riley was too close to the situation to see clearly, whereas she had a perfectly objective view. "Do you want my honest opinion?"

Riley nodded. "Yeah."

Quinn was genuinely terrified Riley would get sucked in. After all, it was nearly impossible not to be swept off your feet by a confession from a man as extraordinary as Sebastian.

She pressed on. "I know he saved your life when you were bleeding out having Alora, and he saved you again today. You owe him your life, so naturally, you have on rose-tinted glasses when it comes to him. I get it.

"But he secured his position as the CEO of St. John Global in just two years. The sheer ruthlessness and calculated ambition required to pull that off is beyond anything you or I can fathom. A man like that values his empire above all else. How much room does he really have for romance?

"You've already survived one catastrophic marriage. Can you really survive another? And don't forget Alora. She has Landon blood in her veins. Could Sebastian truly accept that without any resentment?"

Riley snapped back to reality completely. Quinn was right. She wasn't just living for herself anymore; she had Alora to think about. "I know what I have to do."

Quinn grabbed Riley's hand. "I'm not trying to crush your dreams. I just don't want to see you get hurt again."