The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 628

"Alright. Go ahead."

"When you were little, your given name was Evie Spencer. Would you like to legally change it back?" Daphne looked at her daughter, her eyes filled with both extreme caution and overwhelming hope.

Riley had honestly never considered it. Caught off guard by the question, she sat there, momentarily stunned.

Misinterpreting her silence as reluctance, Daphne quickly backpedaled. "If you don't want to change it, keeping Riley Vance is completely fine! A name is just a label, anyway. You are my daughter no matter what."

Riley remained quiet for a moment before finally answering, "I want to change it back to Evie. People have been calling me Riley for years, so I don't mind if my colleagues and friends stick with what they're used to. But the name Evie..."

She paused, her mind flashing to the way Sebastian's voice dropped an octave whenever he said it. Her eyes softened instantly. "I really love it."

Daphne's tense features melted into a radiant smile, and she nodded eagerly. "Perfect, whatever you prefer. From now on, we'll call you Evie, and if others call you Riley, that's fine too. You're both."

Riley nodded.

"To legally amend your name, we have to submit the request at the original district where your birth and adoption records are filed. Traveling back and forth would be exhausting, so here's what I was thinking. We transfer your legal birth registry and dependency records away from your adoptive parents first, formally linking you back to the Spencer family. Once you're officially registered with us in Statenbury, we can file the name change here. How does that sound?"

"That makes sense. But transferring the registry requires the original documents. I'm still going to have to find time to travel back to Riverport."

"You won't have to. Your adoptive parents are flying in tomorrow with all the necessary documents and ID."

Surprise flared in Riley's eyes. "You contacted them?"

In Daphne's mind, a repulsive image flashed of Elaine and George Vance showing up uninvited yesterday.

Somehow, the couple had found out Riley was their biological daughter. They had barged right into the Spencer estate, shamelessly demanding twenty years' worth of child support. Their greed was palpable, their behavior utterly vile.