The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 631

He pushed the heavy door open from the inside.

Riley climbed into the backseat. He was dressed immaculately in a pitch-black suit over a charcoal-gray dress shirt. The collar was buttoned all the way up to his throat, radiating a suffocatingly intense, untouchable elite energy.

"Did you have business around here?"

"I came to kiss you." The moment the words left his lips, Sebastian's hand slid behind her neck, pulling her forward as his mouth crashed down on hers.

Riley froze for a split second, remembering him saying he wanted to kiss her over the phone. Did this man really abandon everything and drive all the way across town the second the impulse struck him?

A heartbeat later, a smile curved against his lips as she leaned into the kiss, matching his fervent pace.

When the long, devastating kiss finally broke, Riley looked at him, her eyes glassy and bright. "Don't you have to go back to work this afternoon?"

"I do. I can only stay a minute."

"..."

"So we'd better not waste time. Keep kissing me." Before she could formulate a response, Sebastian captured her lips once more.

Riley was absolutely speechless.

Since when had the post-reconciliation Sebastian become so insatiable?

But this new version of him—stripped of his usual icy, untouchable detachment and blazing with raw, visceral hunger—was overwhelmingly magnetic.

When Riley finally returned to her department, Holly narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing Riley's mouth. "Dr. Vance, why do your lips look swollen?"

Riley's face practically spontaneously combusted. She cleared her throat and lied through her teeth with absolute absolute conviction, "The lunch I had was way too spicy."

Holly didn't suspect a thing. "Ah, you just reconnected with your mom, so she probably doesn't know your spice tolerance yet. Tell her to tone down the chili peppers next time!"

Riley thought silently, I am so sorry, Mom. I'm going to have to throw you under the bus for this one.

Outwardly, she maintained a bright smile. "Will do."

That evening, Sebastian texted her to say he was stuck at a business dinner and wouldn't be able to come see her at the Grand Regency.

The following day, Riley spoke with Dr. Grosse in advance, explaining that she needed a two-hour window to run a personal errand. But she waited all day, and Daphne never called. Yesterday, it had been a firm plan to finalize the registry transfer today. Why was it completely silent?