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."

bring this up

unresolved feelings about Percival worried him, "Vivienne, your grandpa is right. It's been five years. It's time to move on. Percival's body..." Vivienne's gaze

subject, "Grandpa, I miss grandma.

might

her eyes,

worry, "She said it's her old back pain acting up. Your mom wanted to stay a few more days to

for a

hand, "Isaiah

Now that he was sick,

Isaiah nodded in agreement.

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

quickly pleaded, "Mommy, please let us

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

Yorick nodded slightly.

to stop them; he understood Jasper's feelings

they age, each

the kids set off early for the

ahead of time, and by the time they

and his

of the car and greeted, "Uncle

could respond, the twins couldn't contain their excitement

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let them be, "Vivienne's here, and these

lifted one in each arm, and the two chubby bundles immediately started showering

was defenseless against

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

them, "That won't

his wife had struggled to conceive for years, there

hospital - which didn't stay secret for long - it was revealed

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

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

torn between them and his wife.

then, every visit to the Perez family made the twins especially fond of