The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 619

Riley hung up the phone, a smile playing on her lips. She had found her biological parents, reconciled with Sebastian, and now her research project had cleared its first hurdle. With so many good things happening one after another, it almost felt like a dream—a surreal reward after a lifetime of hardship.

In the afternoon, Riley put Alora down for a nap and headed to the care facility as soon as the toddler woke up.

Lucille Lowell opened the door and was surprised to see her, as Riley usually only visited on weekends. "Dr. Vance, don't you have to work today?"

"I took a personal day."

Madeline was sitting on the sofa flipping through a photo album. The moment she saw Riley, she waved her over enthusiastically. "Evie, come here! I had Mrs. Lowell dig up Sebastian's childhood album. Let's look at it together."

In the past, whenever Madeline called her 'Evie', Riley would feel a twinge of guilt and anxiety, like a thief borrowing someone else's name.

Who could have imagined she actually was the Spencer heiress?

Now, hearing that name only filled her with a profound, grounding warmth. The anxiety was entirely gone.

Riley sat down beside Madeline, turning the pages of the album with her.

This was the first time she had ever seen photos of Sebastian as a child. In the pictures, his smile was bright, his eyes shining with a boyish, lively mischief. It was a stark contrast to the calm, stoic man he was today.

They said a person's temperament only changed drastically after enduring severe trauma.

Kidnapped and missing. His father's fatal crash. His mother's descent into madness. Surviving one near-death experience after another. Layer upon layer of tragedy had forged the Sebastian she knew today.