The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 1077

The commotion woke Vivienne from her thoughts.

She cast a quick glance.

Juliette, scared straight, immediately sat up and started eating her dinner with tiny, polite bites, the picture of obedience.

Arthur sat nearby, noticing Juliette skipping the veggies and sticking to her rice, worried she might be feeling off, "Juliette, why aren't you having your mac and cheese, sweetheart? Let grandpa give you some ribs, it's your favorite." Juliette looked up with a smile, "Thank you, grandpa."

Arthur's heart melted, "Here, let grandpa help you."

Midway through passing her the ribs, Arthur caught a stern look from Vivienne.

His hand paused, and he placed the ribs in Juliette's bowl, quickly adding, "Juliette can eat by herself, we need to foster good habits and not depend too much on others."

After saying that, he also served some green beans to Isaiah.

Equality among the kids was a must.

Isaiah looked at his bowl, now unexpectedly full of green beans.

He looked up in surprise.

Mom never allowed them to waste food. Didn't grandpa know?

Arthur, misinterpreting Isaiah's look for gratitude over a few green beans, added more to his plate, "There, grandpa knows you love your greens. Have some more." Isaiah was speechless.

Yorick chimed in, "Vivienne, I've heard about this Connor from your grandpa too. Young but managed to bring a family business to great heights in just five years, indeed impressive." "What's most important is, I see a bit of Percival in him, whether towards you or the kids."

Though Connor hadn't made it obvious, it was clear to an outsider.

He was genuinely invested in Vivienne.

If it weren't for his recent actions towards Juliette, Yorick might not have been so quick to approve.

Vivienne's heart skipped a beat, "Grandpa, Mr. Wolf doesn't need a stand-in, and I won't treat someone else as him."

not bring this up

him, "Vivienne, your grandpa is right. It's been five years. It's time to move on.

the subject, "Grandpa, I miss grandma. When is she

might

narrowed her eyes, "What's wrong,

not to worry, "She said it's her old back pain acting up. Your mom wanted

pondered for a moment,

raised her hand, "Isaiah

on them the most. Now that he was

Isaiah nodded in agreement.

laughed, knowing the kids well, "If you go to the Perez family, your great-grandpa won't get a moment of rest,

us go. Isaiah and I won't

them and told Yorick, "Grandpa, let them go. Grandpa will start worrying if he doesn't see the

Yorick nodded slightly.

didn't plan to stop them;

and they age, each

next day, Vivienne and the kids set off early for the Perez

ahead of time, and by the time they

and his

of the car and greeted, "Uncle

the twins couldn't contain their excitement and

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"Vivienne's here, and these two

one in each arm, and the two chubby bundles

against their baby drool

to manage the situation, "Okay, okay, that's enough. Sister won't like it if you keep this up." Far from letting go,

them,

wife had struggled to conceive

stay secret

pressuring her until she surprised everyone with news of her pregnancy, which turned out to be twins.

dream, although it took a toll on his wife's health, leading to a

was torn between them and his wife. During that time, Vivienne stepped in to

then, every visit to the Perez family made