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?"

and cautiously replied, "Sir, the young masters are holding your

of the issue, "Let their father know he'll need to make it up to me. What's the 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

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

"Crash!"

Henry felt a sudden tightness in his

over the lotus orchid 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

The butler, "..."

easy to replace, Luke wouldn't have had to

"Crash!"

suddenly feels uneasy." The butler stood there, his own

"For what?"

"What's wrong with a girl liking flowers? Let her play. How much can it possibly cost?" The butler,

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

Poor their father.

dipped into his savings to compensate for a rare orchid, and now it seemed he'd have to "splurge" again. When their father

"Juliette, what are you all looking

shifted, tilting their heads to

Charlie

remembered the most important

as he came closer, he

"Oliver, you're still young, let me teach

was about to

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

his heart bleeding, resorting to his phone for help while instructing Juliette, "Don't touch it. I'll call Luke to

strange, "No need, Juliette can do it

Juliette grabbed the orchid, yanking it out of the pot,

if his mind had snapped along with

He knew that flower.

it, and it hadn't been in his father's possession for three

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

neighboring unflowered "weed" intending to