The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 598

The paper slipped from her trembling fingers, fluttering lightly onto the glass surface of the coffee table.

The sheer grievance of over twenty years of wandering alone, the cruelty and coldness of her adoptive parents—it all came crashing over her like a tidal wave.

She wasn't a piece of driftwood without roots after all.

She had fantasized about her biological parents countless times, but she had never dared to dream they would be this wonderful. And they had fallen into her lap in the most unexpected way, right when she was enduring the agony of pushing away the man she loved.

It felt as if all the suffering she had ever endured was simply the price she had to pay for this singular moment of sweetness.

Grievance, shock, overwhelming gratitude, profound relief... a thousand emotions collided in her chest. Her heart roared like a hurricane, making her chest ache and burn.

Daphne could no longer hold back. She stood up, hurried over, and sat right next to Riley. Her trembling hands reached out—desperate, yet terrifyingly gentle, as if terrified this precious, long-lost daughter was just a fragile dream that would shatter at a touch.

Her voice broke completely. "Evie... can Mommy... give you a hug?"

Tears had long since blurred Riley's vision. Her throat burned, her nose stung, and a scorching heat radiated from her chest in endless waves. Slowly, carefully, she opened her arms.

Daphne instantly threw her arms around Riley, pulling her into a desperate, crushing embrace. The agony of twenty years exploded out of her as she sobbed uncontrollably. "My Evie... you're finally home... Mommy... Mommy looked for you for so long..."

The embrace was soft, warm, and carried a faint, sweet scent. It was the undeniable warmth of a mother—something Riley had never once felt. That desperate, lifelong yearning for a place to belong had finally found its home.

Watching the mother and daughter weeping in each other's arms, Victor wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes. The crushing weight he had carried for two decades vanished. His family was finally whole.

Winona was wiping her own tears while struggling to keep a massive, radiant smile on her face. She had finally found her sister. Riley was her biological sister. This was incredible.