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?"

cautiously replied, "Sir, the young masters

point of having him if he can't even watch over a couple of kids?" The butler hesitated but decided to speak up for their father, "Sir, their father isn't

child's failure to behave is

"Crash!"

felt a sudden tightness in his chest, "What

Luke had brought you the day before yesterday!" Grandpa Henry pursed his lips, serene, "No matter, it's broken, it's broken. We'll make room for a new one; have him

The butler, "..."

easy to replace, Luke wouldn't have

"Crash!"

there, his own heart in knots. Each of those plants was pampered and nurtured by Grandpa Henry himself.

"For what?"

Henry declared righteously, "What's wrong with a girl liking flowers? Let her play. How much can

Henry's heart was tilting so far it might as well have

Poor their father.

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

he asked, "Juliette, what are

dad's voice, Charlie and Oliver shifted,

father, Charlie

remembered

as he came closer, he nearly choked on his own

let me teach you.

she spoke, she was about to

calm for the children's sake, "Juliette, put that down for now." Innocently, Juliette asked, "Uncle, do

heart bleeding, resorting to his phone for help

strange, "No need, Juliette can do

the orchid, yanking it out of

as if his mind had snapped along with

He knew that flower.

spent a fortune to acquire it, and it hadn't been in his father's possession for three days before it was gone. Just

seeing their dumbstruck father, reminded him in their sweet, milky voices, "Daddy, aren't you calling Uncle?" Juliette answered for them, "We

neighboring unflowered "weed" intending to throw it