The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 447

A bitter smile touched Sebastian's lips. "Because it was Riley."

She was the woman he had kept hidden in his heart for over a decade. Faced with the desperate advances of the woman he loved, he had zero resistance.

Eleanor didn't understand. "What do you mean?"

Sebastian lowered his gaze, his long fingers gently tracing the rosewood beads on his wrist. "The year I was kidnapped and went missing, she was the one who saved me. Without her, I wouldn't be here today."

On that freezing, snowy night, if she hadn't taken him to the hospital and given him the courage to keep living, he would have died long ago.

Eleanor's heart trembled at his words. She never could have imagined they shared such a profound history. "So you two met fifteen years ago?"

Sebastian shook his head. "Back then, I knew her, but she didn't know me."

Eleanor was confused. "Then how did she save you?"

"When she found me, my face had been beaten beyond recognition."

Listening to her grandson's calm recounting, Eleanor felt a sharp, stabbing pain in her chest. Her eyes instantly clouded over, her throat tight with tears, unable to say a single word.

It all made sense now.

Because she was Riley.

Because she had saved him.

Without Riley, there would be no Sebastian.

Eleanor felt the immense weight of those few sentences.

In his most vulnerable, helpless moment, Riley had walked into his life. She must have been his light, his salvation.

After a long silence, Eleanor finally spoke, her voice slow. "You and her..." She paused, letting out a soft sigh. "This won't end well for you two."

Sebastian looked up, his gaze meeting hers with absolute resolve. "I survived fifteen years of waiting. Now that she's finally by my side, I planned to take it slow anyway. However many more years it takes, I'm willing to wait."

Eventually, Arthur Landon Sr. called him personally. "What the hell is going on? Why are so many partners terminating their contracts?"

This mutual-destruction style of severing ties was highly abnormal.

Pierce knew instinctively that this was Sebastian's doing. Only he had the power to orchestrate such a massive assault in such a short amount of time.

"I don't know. I'm dealing with it."

Arthur's voice was frantic. "Did you offend someone in Statenbury?"

Oh, he offended someone, alright. "Maybe."

"Fix this immediately. If you can't handle it, go ask Sebastian for help."

"And what if Sebastian is the one I offended?"