The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 604

The smile on Silas's face instantly froze, his heart hammering against his ribs.

My daughter?

He forced down his shock, his gaze darting between Victor, Daphne, and Riley. He ventured carefully, "Mr. Spencer, forgive my presumption, but... what exactly is your relationship with Ms. Vance?"

The room went deathly still. Every guest held their breath, straining to hear the answer.

Daphne wrapped a protective arm around Riley's shoulders. Her gaze swept over the crowd, her voice clear and carrying enough weight for everyone to hear perfectly. "Riley is my biological daughter, who has been missing for over twenty years. She is the true heiress of the Spencer family."

Winona tilted her chin up, radiating pride. "She's my big sister."

The banquet hall exploded. Gasps of disbelief echoed continuously.

"Her biological daughter?! Missing for twenty years?!"

"She wasn't adopted! She's the lost Spencer heiress! No wonder Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are so protective of her!"

"We all misunderstood. She's not some unwanted orphan—she's royalty!"

"My God, they actually dared to publicly humiliate the Spencer heiress. They must have a death wish."

"No wonder Mrs. Spencer wanted to erase the Zimmerman family. Who wouldn't be furious seeing their precious daughter treated like that?"

Pierce's eyes widened in utter shock. Riley was the Spencer heiress they had been searching for? How was this possible?

What else had he missed?

Suddenly, another realization struck him like a sledgehammer. Rumor had it that the Spencer heiress was betrothed to the eldest grandson of the St. John family since childhood. Didn't that mean Riley and Sebastian had an arranged childhood marriage?