The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 71

Gabriel didn’t even have a chance to explain himself before the other party hung up the phone.

He stared at his phone, looking completely dumbstruck. He then turned to look at a cold Vivienne, speechless.

At that moment, the few staff members with Gabriel received phone calls too, their faces turning sour in an instant.

One of them walked up to Vivienne and apologized. “We’re really sorry. We screwed up and accused you of forgery without confirming the claims. Our boss just confirmed that your graduation certificate is legit. We’re really sorry for the trouble we’ve caused.”

Vivienne just stared at them, not saying a word.

The staff members were on edge, fearing Vivienne would hold them accountable. They quickly tried to explain, “Ms. Vivienne, we’re truly sorry. We had no idea Gabriel hadn’t double-checked your information. Now, our boss has decided to fire him. We’ll also compensate you for the inconvenience we’ve caused you. We hope you can forgive us.”

They really didn’t know Gabriel hadn’t double-checked Vivienne’s graduation certificate.

Before they came to the school, everyone was busy. Then Gabriel suddenly wanted them to investigate a case of diploma forgery. Given Gabriel’s rank, they had to follow his lead.

Before leaving, they specifically asked Gabriel if he had checked in the system, and he said

that he had.

However, they didn’t know Gabriel hadn’t checked at all.

The staff members were furious at this point, wishing they could beat Gabriel up. They were furious at Gabriel. Why did he have to get them into this?

Before Vivienne could reply, Mr. James walked over and snorted. “If apologies worked, what would we need cops for? You’ve disrupted the school’s meeting, falsely accused my student without evidence, and caused her a great deal of distress. We can’t accept your apology. Later, we’ll get our lawyers involved.”

Mr. James glanced at Gabriel and said coldly, “This is a serious mistake, and you’re just firing him? I’ll have my lawyer investigate thoroughly to see if he’s done anything else against the

rules.”

The staff members were in a pickle, but they knew it was pointless to try to defend themselves when Vivienne and everyone were already so angry.

Besides, Gabriel started this. They would have to report back to their boss, so they left with

him.

After they left, Percival, sitting at the back, lightly tapped his wheelchair. “Thomas, take care

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responded and pulled out his phone to

the students and teachers began to whisper

emselves.

did those people just

Apparently Ms. Vivienne’s graduation

and Vivienne were too far away for them to

microphone. ‘As you all know, I’ve ired a new class advisor for Class Eighteen, Ms. Vivienne. She went to great lengths to ring in Mr. James’s team to

through connections.”

moments, continued, “Today, I will show Ms. Vivienne’s graduation certificate on the screen.

e your teacher.”

finished, the dean put a photo of Vivienne’s graduation certificate on

Screen.

many people knew Vivienne had a double doctorate, so everyone

at fourteen and was the top student nationwide. At sixteen, she earned a double doctorate. Do you

The top student in the country

teacher, I guess their results in the

of all were, of course,

they were tamed by Vivienne because she indeed had the qualities of a great teacher. Not only that, but they were afraid of

had extensive connections, since Vivienne didn’t teach them personally. They thought Lysander brought Vivienne in just to keep them focused on their studies so Mr.

who could have thought that Vivienne’s qualifications were this

this a

James’s team, they seemed

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for their

the front row, clenched her fingers so hard that her nails dug into her flesh without her feeling it. Her face was pale, and she was biting her lip while staring at

the same. “How could this be? Vivienne really has PhDs? Arabella, hasn’t she always been in the village? I thought she never left her home?

the exams?”

say a word. Her face was

imagined

came back, her status had been

the only daughter was gone. She had

thought she could find superiority in academia, but she

Vivienne!

Why her?

bumpkin like her become the nation’s

get double PhDs

daughters of the Hawthorn family, but she had to

No way!

Vivienne must have cheated!

She must have!