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

worried him, "Vivienne, your grandpa is right. It's been five years. It's

the subject, "Grandpa, I miss grandma.

"Your grandma might

narrowed her eyes, "What's wrong,

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

for a moment, "I'll

"Isaiah and I want to

on them the most. Now that he

Isaiah nodded in agreement.

knowing the kids well, "If you go to the Perez family,

us go.

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

Yorick nodded slightly.

stop them; he understood Jasper's feelings

and they age, each

and the kids

them know ahead of time, and by the time they arrived,

Maddox and his twin

the car and greeted,

Maddox could respond, the twins couldn't contain their excitement and reached out focher with

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choice but to let them be, "Vivienne's here, and these two couldn't wait

and the two chubby

defenseless against their baby

it if you keep this up." Far from letting go, the twins clung even tighter, as if afraid

them,

Uncle Maddox and his wife had struggled to conceive for years, there

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

news of her pregnancy, which turned out to be twins. The

dream, although it took a toll on

complications, Maddox was torn between them and his wife. During that time, Vivienne

Perez family made