The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 414

Sebastian's eyelids twitched, but he didn't open them. Instead, he pulled Riley tighter against his chest, a deep, incredibly sexy hum vibrating in his throat.

Riley didn't move. She waited patiently for him to shake off the sleep. But a minute later, the slow, rhythmic sound of his breathing returned. He had fallen back asleep?

Didn't he say he was a light sleeper?

This time, Riley pinched his hard waist. "You can't sleep anymore. If you oversleep now, you'll be up all night again."

Sebastian slowly dragged his eyes open. The first thing he saw was Riley's bare, beautiful face mere inches from his own. A deep sense of absolute contentment pulled at the corners of his mouth. Waking up to her was intoxicating. But when his gaze locked onto her reddened eyes, his brow furrowed sharply. "Why are your eyes red?"

Riley quickly dropped her gaze. "I'm just tired."

Sebastian pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. "I'll get up. You sleep for a bit. I'll wake you at 1:30."

Her afternoon shift started at 2:00, so waking up at 1:30 was perfect. He was always so relentlessly considerate.

Terrified that standing up right now would shatter her composure and expose her misery, Riley simply nodded. "Okay."

Sebastian climbed out of bed and carefully tucked the duvet around her shoulders. "Get some sleep. I'll be in the living room working. I'll wake you when it's time."

"Okay." Riley closed her eyes.

Sebastian turned and walked out of the room.

Riley opened her eyes and watched his broad back disappear through the doorway. Every ounce of exhaustion had evaporated from her body. Her phone buzzed against the mattress. It was a text from Quinn: [Did you sleep with him yet?]

Ever since Sebastian had systematically destroyed Seraphina to avenge her, Quinn had been randomly texting her things like this. She was constantly trying to hammer it into Riley's brain that an alpha male like Sebastian was a once-in-a-lifetime prize, and sleeping with him was basically winning the lottery.

Riley stared at the words 'divorced women', and her chest felt incredibly tight. She knew Quinn didn't mean anything malicious by it, but right now, seeing those words written out felt like a brand.

Why had she ever been blind enough to marry a piece of trash like Pierce Landon?

With a heavy sigh, Riley slowly typed her darkest fear into the phone: [Do you think he thinks I'm dirty because I've been married?]

[Are you out of your mind? If he thought you were dirty, he wouldn't be dating you in the first place! The social pressure of him dating you is astronomical. His family background alone makes this a nightmare for him, but he still chose you. Do you know what that means? It means he's madly in love with you!]

Staring at Quinn's aggressive reassurance, the icy knot in Riley's chest finally began to thaw. Aside from the fact that he refused to sleep with her, everything else he did was absolutely flawless. Maybe she was just being completely irrational and rushing things. They hadn't even been together that long.

After her shift ended, Riley headed home. When she walked through the front door, she froze. Pierce and Serena were sitting comfortably in her living room.