The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 46

Maybe she just shouldn't call at all.

But if he was the one who sent it, accepting such an extravagant gift without a single word of thanks was incredibly rude.

After contemplating her options, Riley decided against dialing his number directly. Instead, she searched for his contact via his phone number on her secure messaging app and sent him a friend request.

She fully admitted she was a coward.

Between calling and texting, she chose the latter. Not having to hear his intimidating voice reduced the pressure immensely and kept her nerves from short-circuiting.

For the friend request, she kept it brief: "This is Riley."

She assumed a man as powerful and busy as Sebastian St. John rarely checked his personal phone. Surprisingly, the moment the request went through, he accepted it.

Riley stared at the screen.

Was he literally sitting there staring at his phone?

She tapped on his profile picture. It was a minimalist shot of a pitch-black night sky dotted with a few faint stars.

His display name was simply: SSJ.

Sebastian St. John's initials.

She checked his timeline next. It was completely blank.

She quickly typed out a polite greeting: [Hi Sebastian!]

A second later, he replied with a single word: [Yes.]

Riley carefully weighed her words before sending her next text: [Did you send a package for Alora?]

[Yes.]

It really was him!

Her fingers flew across the keyboard: [The medallion is stunning. The craftsmanship is beautiful. I wanted to thank you on Alora's behalf. Thank you, Uncle Sebastian.]

[Uncle?]

It made perfect sense to her. She was thanking him on the baby's behalf, and to Alora, he was her uncle.

[Yes. Thank you, Uncle Sebastian.]

She watched the 'typing...' bubble pop up and disappear at the top of the screen repeatedly. After an agonizing wait, he sent back another single word: [Yes.]

Riley didn't know whether to laugh or sigh. She thought he might actually type out a full sentence this time. Clearly, billionaires treated their words like pure gold.

She felt that a flimsy text wasn't enough gratitude for such an expensive piece, and it seemed like Sebastian genuinely cared about Alora.

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