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?"

closely, took a careful look and cautiously replied, "Sir, the young

to address the root 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

child's failure to

"Crash!"

felt a sudden tightness

adjusted his glasses, seeing the situation inside, "... Miss Juliette accidentally knocked 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 a new one; have him

The butler, "..."

to replace, Luke wouldn't have had to secure one from an

"Crash!"

go lie down. My heart suddenly feels uneasy." The butler stood there, his own heart in knots. Each

"For what?"

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

tilting so far it might as well have

Poor their father.

he'd have to "splurge" again. When their father caught up, he

he asked, "Juliette, what are you

Oliver shifted, tilting their heads to look at

father, Charlie pointed

at the orchid, remembered

father was confused, but as he came closer,

patiently explained, "Oliver, you're still young, let

she spoke, she was about to throw it

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

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

found it strange, "No need, Juliette can do

orchid, yanking it

as if his

He knew that flower.

to acquire it, and it hadn't been in his father's possession

their sweet, milky voices, "Daddy, aren't you calling Uncle?" Juliette answered for them, "We don't need to bother Luke

that, she also grabbed a neighboring unflowered "weed" intending to throw