The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 1

“Doctor, I interfered in someone else's marriage and had a child with a man behind my boyfriend's back. Is that highly immoral?”

Riley Vance was a psychologist. Today was her shift for online consultations, and this was the very first question from her newest client.

The other woman, an affair, a secret child.

The identities involved, the thrill of the taboo...

No wonder she opted for an anonymous online session.

Riley typed a professional response on her keyboard. “Could you tell me a little more about your situation?”

“Our families have been friends for generations. We were childhood sweethearts, a match made in heaven, and both of our families were thrilled at the prospect. But just as we were about to get engaged, he fell in love with someone else. To please that woman, he forced me out of the country.”

Riley let out a soft sigh.

Childhood sweethearts couldn't compete with a sudden new flame. The prized catch had slipped away.

Anyone would have a hard time accepting that. It was no wonder she was dealing with psychological issues.

She typed: “Go on. I'm listening.”

A good psychologist always had to be an excellent listener first.

“It's not like I'm completely shameless. After going abroad, I found a boyfriend to try and forget him. But on the day I made my relationship public, he came to me behind his wife's back. We got together.”

“I knew I shouldn't have, but I couldn't resist him. I got pregnant shortly after, and I had the baby without telling my boyfriend.”

“When I offered him a legitimate relationship before, he didn't want it. Now, there's no way I'm breaking up with my boyfriend for him.”

“Doctor, do you know? When I was giving birth, his wife was also close to her due date, but he chose to stay by my side. Doesn't that mean he loves me deeply?”

Knowing she was the other woman and still having a child, stringing along a married man while refusing to break up with her boyfriend—what kind of twisted logic was this? It was completely morally bankrupt!

Riley even wondered if something this crazy could actually happen in real life.

In contrast, she was truly incredibly happy.

Her husband, Pierce Landon, also had a childhood sweetheart named Seraphina Sutton.

After learning about their relationship, Seraphina had tried endlessly to break them up. Eventually, she crossed the line, infuriating Pierce, and was sent abroad.

Since then, Riley's life with Pierce had been warm and blissful. She was now over eight months pregnant, with just a month left until her due date.

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