The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 352

Now that he was awake, it was safe to tell them.

Zach: There was a traitor on Sebastian's inside team. They set up an ambush at Mount Sterling. He was severely injured and in a coma for four days. He just woke up at 5 AM today.

Lawrence: Who set up the ambush?

Felix: Was it that old bastard Barnaby?

Zach: We don't know yet. We're holding off until Sebastian recovers.

After that, the group chat pivoted back to discussing Sebastian and Riley. They chatted with feverish excitement, even taking bets on who would become a father first: Sebastian or Lawrence.

Zach still hadn't won Tessa over, and Felix's situation with Sienna was complicated—she was only 21 and still in college, so he hadn't made a move, waiting for the girl to grow up.

Only Lawrence and Bernice were officially married, which was why the bets were entirely focused on those two.

Naturally, Riley had no idea that Zach and the others were already forecasting her second child. The exhaustion from pulling consecutive all-nighters caught up with her, and she slept incredibly deeply without a single nightmare. When she woke up, it was already 4 PM.

She opened her eyes and met a pair of profound, dark eyes.

"You're awake?" Sebastian's voice was deep and warm.

Riley froze for a second before realizing she was actually sleeping on Sebastian's bed. Her face flushed violently, and she shot up in a panic. "I... how did I end up sleeping here?"

She had clearly been sitting on the edge of the bed.

Sebastian caught her hand. "I carried you up."

Feeling the warmth of the man's palm, Riley's fingers twitched, but she didn't pull away. She turned to look at him, her eyes filled with worry. "You're injured, how could you..."

Before she could finish, her eyes landed on the blood-soaked bandages on his arm. Her pupils shrank in horror. "You're bleeding!"

Sebastian gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, acting entirely unbothered. "It's nothing. Just a little blood seeping through."

Just a little blood seeping through?

Riley thought Sebastian was treating his own body far too carelessly. She pulled her hand back, got out of bed, grabbed the medical kit Zach had left behind, and frowning, began tending to his wound.

Noticing the blatant displeasure between Riley's brows, Sebastian asked, "Are you angry?"

Riley ignored him, carefully unraveling the blood-stained gauze layer by layer. Terrified of pulling at his injury, her movements were painstakingly slow and gentle. When the bandages were fully removed, revealing the mangled, bloody wound on his arm, it felt like a sharp needle pierced her heart. Her eyes instantly welled up. "How could you be so reckless?"

Her voice cracked with a tearful choke.

"It just looks worse than it is. It's just a flesh wound. I'm fine."

"You were in a coma for four days and four nights, and you call this fine?" Remembering how he looked lying unconscious on the bed sent a shiver of pure terror through her, and the tears fell uncontrollably. "What if the wound gets infected? Zach said that if it gets infected and triggers a high fever, it's incredibly dangerous."

Seeing Riley cry made Sebastian feel helpless. He tried to sit up to wipe her tears.

Riley pushed him back down. "Don't move."

Sebastian looked at her with deep affection. "Don't cry."

Riley quickly wiped away her tears with the back of her hand. "Who's crying? I'm just not fully awake yet."

Sebastian found her stubborn denial incredibly endearing. He knew she was just worried about him, and a warm, comforting feeling spread through his chest.

While cleaning his wound, Riley was mentally kicking herself. Why was she crying?

This was so humiliating.

After finishing with his bandages, Riley set the medical kit back on the coffee table and started walking toward the door.

"Yes."

"You..."

"I was wrong."

Riley's heart gave a violent tremor. The hands she had raised to push him away stopped mid-air.

Who was Sebastian St. John? Proud, aloof, sitting at the absolute pinnacle of power. He was used to commanding every situation with absolute composure. Since when did he ever bow his head to anyone, let alone apologize this swiftly and cleanly?

The lingering irritation in her heart dissolved instantly, but she still spoke with utmost seriousness. "From now on, no matter the reason, you are not allowed to be careless with your own body."

"Okay."

"And you definitely aren't allowed to use your injuries to trick me."

"Okay."

He agreed to everything. The very last trace of Riley's anger vanished completely. "Let go. I'm going to cook."

"Just hold me a little longer."

Just a little longer again.

Riley had never imagined that the always cool, collected, and mature Sebastian would be this incredibly clingy when sick. But being fussed over by him filled her heart with an overwhelming, sugary sweetness.

Bang!

The bedroom door was suddenly shoved open from the outside.