The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 293

Once the timing was perfect, the men dragged the two emotionally unhinged women into the same room. The second they laid eyes on each other, they exploded into a vicious screaming match.

Watching them tear each other apart on the monitor, Sebastian's mind flashed back to the desolate factory and the sight of Riley, broken and utterly terrified. A chilling, venomous darkness seeped into his eyes.

Franklin stepped back into the room. "What's the next move?"

Sebastian rubbed the rosewood beads on his wrist with his long fingers. His tone was casual, but his words were absolute poison. "Give them a taste of their own medicine."

He was going to make sure they experienced every single ounce of terror they had forced upon Riley.

Franklin's eyes went wide. "You're going to have men... assault them?"

Sebastian stared coldly at the two women still screaming at each other on the screen. "Find two homeless men off the streets. Film it. If this is the game they like to play, I'll return the favor exactly as they dealt it."

Franklin swallowed hard. "But they belong to the Landons and the Suttons. If this blows up, the fallout will be unmanageable."

A faint, icy sneer touched Sebastian's lips. "They know exactly what they did. They won't dare make a sound. With the videos in our possession, they won't have the guts to retaliate."

Thinking it over, Franklin realized he was absolutely right. He couldn't help but mentally applaud his boss.

Ruthless. Absolutely ruthless.

They would be utterly destroyed, but too terrified to breathe a word of it. Best of all, they would never even know who pulled the trigger.

His boss's methods were terrifyingly brilliant.

But Franklin had no idea Sebastian had an even more venomous card up his sleeve.

"Leak their involvement in Riley's kidnapping to Pierce. I want to see exactly how he handles this."

Franklin was speechless.

Sebastian had just handed Pierce the ultimate nightmare scenario.

His own mother, and his mistress. How was he supposed to deal with that?

Scott hesitated for a moment. "It might not be that simple. I just got an anonymous tip. The caller claimed to be from The Obsidian Syndicate. They said we grabbed their guys, and if we touch them, we're declaring war on the Sutton family."

Pierce's eyebrows shot up. "An anonymous call?"

"Yes. I traced the number. It's a burner phone with zero registry data. But I dug into the two men we have, and they are officially made men in The Obsidian Syndicate."

The Landon and Sutton families went way back. Pierce knew every dirty secret the Suttons kept buried.

He never imagined Seraphina would be the one behind Riley's kidnapping.

Pierce's face turned to stone. He violently crushed his cigarette into the ashtray and stood up. "Drag those two scumbags to the car. We're paying the Suttons a visit."

At the Sutton Estate.

The sound of shattering glass echoed through the living room. Seraphina had destroyed everything she could get her hands on. With nothing left to smash, she curled up on the sofa, wrapping her arms around her knees, sobbing hysterically.

She couldn't comprehend how it had happened. She had been brutally assaulted by a filthy, repulsive homeless man, and they had filmed the entire sickening ordeal. She wanted to hack the man into a thousand pieces.