The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 638

Riley watched Pierce's face magnify in front of her, feeling an overwhelming surge of fury and absolute helplessness as she failed to break free.

"Let her go!"

A deep, frigid roar shattered the air nearby.

In the next fraction of a second, a brutally vicious kick sent Pierce flying. He slammed hard onto the concrete pavement.

The sudden shift in momentum dragged Riley sideways, bracing for an agonizing fall. Instead of hitting the ground, she crashed into a warm, solid chest.

Sebastian caught her securely. "Are you hurt?"

Riley looked up into Sebastian's dark, deeply concerned eyes. The rigid shell of strength she had been forcing up shattered instantly, and a suffocating wave of grievance crashed over her.

She threw her arms around him, burying her face tightly against his chest. "Sebastian."

Sebastian's large palm rhythmically stroked her back. His deep, soothing voice was laced with an anchor of absolute safety. "I'm here. It's over."

Sprawled on the ground, Pierce felt a dull agony radiating from where his knees had smashed against the concrete. The skin on his palms was shredded from skidding across the pavement, beads of blood welling up to the surface.

Yet he acted as if he felt nothing. Bracing himself against the ground, he dragged himself up, a sinister, unhinged sneer twisting his lips. He glared at Sebastian defiantly. "Sebastian. Holding my ex-wife in public like this... isn't that a little inappropriate for my adopted brother?"

The earlier struggle between Riley and Pierce had already drawn the attention of a few passersby. The explosive kick had amplified the commotion, and a circle of onlookers was rapidly forming around them.

Hearing Pierce's loaded accusation, the crowd erupted into hushed, scandalous whispers.

"Ex-wife? Adopted brother? Good lord, what kind of twisted soap opera is this?"

"It's two brothers fighting over the same woman, obviously."

"Isn't that practically incest? Have people lost their minds?"

Hearing the toxic murmurs, Riley instantly tried to pull away from Sebastian's chest.