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

frowned, Vivienne's unresolved feelings about Percival worried him, "Vivienne, your grandpa is right. It's been five years. It's time

changed the subject, "Grandpa, I miss

paused, then said, "Your grandma might not be

eyes, "What's

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

for a moment, "I'll visit

hand, "Isaiah and I

them the most. Now that he was sick,

Isaiah nodded in agreement.

the Perez family, your great-grandpa

quickly pleaded, "Mommy, please let us go. Isaiah and I

told Yorick, "Grandpa, let them go. Grandpa will start worrying

Yorick nodded slightly.

stop them; he understood

and they age, each visit becomes

and the kids set off

ahead of time, and by the time they arrived,

and

out of the

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be, "Vivienne's here, and these two couldn't wait to meet you

in each arm, and the two chubby

defenseless against their baby

won't like it if you keep this up." Far from letting go, the twins clung even tighter, as if afraid

soothed them,

to conceive for years, there were whispers of health

the hospital - which didn't stay secret for long -

stopped pressuring her until she surprised everyone with news of her pregnancy,

a toll on his wife's health, leading to a prolonged hospital

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

every visit to the Perez family made the twins especially