The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 52

Arriving at the hotel, Riley found the manager and requested access to the security feeds.

The manager led her directly to the security room.

The staff informed her that the system had malfunctioned earlier that evening. The footage between seven and eight o'clock was completely gone.

It was the exact timeframe when Seraphina had supposedly been drugged. The coincidence was absolutely ridiculous.

It was a major event celebrating their daughter's first month. To ensure nothing went wrong on such an important day, the hotel would have meticulously checked all their security protocols beforehand. How could the cameras magically fail at that precise moment?

Riley had only been suspicious before, but now she was utterly certain. Tonight's disaster wasn't an accident; it was a premeditated trap.

And the person behind it was almost certainly Seraphina.

She couldn't sit on this. She had to tell Pierce.

Riley pulled out her phone and dialed her husband's number, intending to ask which hospital they were at.

But it just kept ringing, going entirely unanswered.

So much for his promise to always pick up her calls immediately. Liar.

After the call went to voicemail, Riley thought for a moment. The closest public hospital was the Third General, and slightly further out was the private hospital owned by the Landon family.

She decisively drove toward the latter.

On the way, she mentally rehearsed how she was going to explain this to him.

Seraphina definitely wouldn't admit to any of it.

Without concrete proof, would Pierce even believe her?

Pierce pressed his lips into a tight line, an unrecognizable storm of emotions brewing in his gaze. He quickly masked it, leaving behind only profound disappointment. "Riley, I never thought you would do something like this."

She was genuinely lost. "Do what?"

Seraphina gave Pierce's sleeve a gentle tug. "Pierce, don't blame Riley. There were so many people there today. Maybe someone else slipped the drug into my drink."

"I don't want to blame her either, but you said you only had one drink tonight, and she was the one who handed it to you."

At first, Riley had been focused on the intimate way Seraphina was tugging at his sleeve, but as their words sank in, the horrifying realization washed over her.

Her eyes widened in absolute shock. "Are you implying that I drugged her?"

Seraphina looked at her with a pitiful, fragile expression. "I know you don't like me, but you wouldn't stoop to that level, would you?"

Riley ignored Seraphina completely, keeping her gaze locked intensely on her husband. "You actually think I drugged her?"