The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Arthur had that "I told you so" look on his face. "See, I knew you'd ask about this, so I went ahead and bought them all. This way, whether it's a boy or a girl, they can wear the clothes their grandpa got them right away." Vivienne pursed her lips, unable to give the clothes another glance, "Nice choices, but let's not do this again."

Arthur was visibly upset now, "Oh, come on! I'm the baby's grandpa. I want to see them wearing what I picked out. It'll be adorable."

Vivienne glanced over the two big boxes of trendy baby clothes, a twitch forming at the corner of her mouth, "The baby won't be wearing these at birth."

Arthur was taken aback, "Then what should they wear?"

Is there a whole science to baby clothes I'm missing?

Vivienne couldn't bother to explain further, her patience wearing thin, "Don't worry about it, Mr. Wolf is on it."

Arthur choked on his words.

He knew it. That kid was always stealing his thunder.

Noticing Arthur's silence, Vivienne looked out the window, "Dad, where's Winston? Didn't you pick him up? Why haven't I seen him around?"

Arthur paused, then remembered, "He should be in the backyard. He was asking about you just now..."

Before Arthur could finish, Vivienne was already on her way to the backyard.

She hadn't walked far when she spotted a small figure crouched on the grass, busily picking little flowers. She approached and called out, "Winston."

Hearing her, Winston turned around swiftly, his face lighting up, "You're here!"

Vivienne nodded.

But she also noticed the flowers he tried to hide behind his back, deciding not to mention it.

Instead, she just ruffled his hair, "It's chilly out here, let's go inside."

Once inside, Vivienne poured a cup of hot chocolate and handed it over.

wanted to pick lotus flowers from Yorick's pond for you, but there weren't

her eyes lingered on Winston's

air outside wasn't that cold, making it clear that Winston had spent a good deal of time picking out the

jar for the flowers, placing them prominently on

Winston biting his

asked, "What's

"Is someone trying to hurt me again? Is that why you picked me up

remained unchanged, though a shadow passed in her eyes, "Why would you think that? Did someone say something to

"No, it just feels similar to what happened before at home. It's about

his brother Robbie had once said on

didn't respond directly, not wanting to drag a child into their

do something bad? Do you know where he is? I want to

"You want

just want to know what happened. Everything changed so suddenly at home.

mentioning Colin, his fingers nervously

with Colin, but I think he's

Vivienne's gaze deepened.

her concern, save for Winston's safety.

"You can see them whenever

face lit up,

unravel the mysteries

room, Sasha was chatting with Percival about baby names while Arthur listened with utmost attention, afraid to miss

Vivienne approached with Winston, she was taken aback by the unexpectedly "harmonious"

calculations. The baby will have a fiery temperament. We should consider that when naming." Percival added, "I've thought of a few names already. We'll have the

"Why make it so complicated? If it's about fire, just call

Vivienne exchanged looks, both thinking

decided, would be her

them over with a smile,

at Vivienne

me? You see me every day, but since Vivienne's been busy, you wanted to