The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 1079

Chapter 1079

Outside.

Charlie and Oliver were led by Sophia into Grandpa Henry's prized greenhouse by their cousin Juliette.

Amidst the room filled with expensive plants, the two boys dared not move a muscle.

They had been here once before, when they needed to feed their newly acquired rabbit with some "grass".

That very night, their father was summoned to Grandpa's study and didn't emerge until after a stern hour-long lecture.

From then on, they knew to recognize the value of these plants and were strictly forbidden from touching them, as they were Grandpa Henry's pride and joy. Clearly, Juliette was blissfully unaware.

She moved freely around the greenhouse, turning to find the two boys frozen at the door, giving them a curious look.

"Charlie, Oliver, why aren't you moving? Grandpa's flowers are beautiful, look! I'm not stingy, come here, and I'll pick the reddest one for you."

The two boys shook their heads in terror.

They dared not.

Juliette, thinking they might run away again, plucked two flowers and stuffed them into their hands, "Here, consider the face-pinching incident forgotten. Don't be mad at me, okay?"

Charlie and Oliver's eyes widened, not at the sight of the flowers, but at the thought of Grandpa Henry's explicit instructions. Even the least expensive plant in the greenhouse was worth a year's supply of their favorite cheese sticks. Cheese sticks were their most cherished snack.

Holding these flowers... would they ever get to eat snacks again?

Grandpa Henry slowly made his way out of the room, spotting the group of kids in his greenhouse.

Just then, a flash of red caught his eye.

Grandpa Henry squinted, turning to his butler, "What are Charlie and Oliver holding in their hands?"

a careful look and cautiously replied, "Sir, the young masters are holding

it up to me. What's the point of having him if he can't even watch

Henry snorted, "A child's failure to behave is

"Crash!"

tightness in his

Luke had brought you the day before

The butler, "..."

that easy to replace, Luke wouldn't have had

"Crash!"

"Never mind, I'd better go lie down. My heart suddenly feels uneasy." The butler stood there, his own heart in knots. Each of those plants was pampered and nurtured by Grandpa Henry himself. "Should I ask Miss Juliette and the

"For what?"

Let

tilting so far it might as well have reached the

Poor their father.

rare orchid, and now it seemed he'd have to "splurge" again. When their father caught up, he found the children huddled on

what are you all

Charlie and Oliver shifted, tilting their heads to

Charlie pointed and

the orchid, remembered the most

father was confused, but as he came closer, he nearly

Oliver call the "grass" expensive, Juliette patiently explained, "Oliver, you're still young, let me

she was about

voice calm for the children's sake, "Juliette, put that down

help

strange, "No need,

orchid, yanking it out of the pot, roots

if his mind had snapped along with

He knew that flower.

it, and it hadn't been in his father's possession for three days before it was gone.

you calling Uncle?" Juliette answered

neighboring unflowered "weed" intending to throw