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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out his phone

again, and the students and teachers began

emselves.

happened? Why did those people just

Apparently Ms.

were too far away for them to

you all know, I’ve ired a new class advisor for Class Eighteen, Ms. Vivienne. She went to great lengths to ring

through connections.”

this, he paused and, after a few moments, continued, “Today, I will show Ms. Vivienne’s graduation certificate on the screen. Judge for yourself

e your teacher.”

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

Screen.

people knew Vivienne had a double doctorate, so everyone was even more surprised when they saw

the same time, Lysander’s voice rang out again. “Ms. Vivienne took the college entrance test at fourteen and was the top student nationwide. At sixteen, she earned a double doctorate. Do you

Ms. Vivienne is that amazing? The top student in the country at fourteen and a double doctorate at sixteen? She’s a

With such an excellent teacher, I guess their

of all were, of course, the students

she indeed had the qualities of a

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

who could have thought that Vivienne’s qualifications were this

this a blessing for

Vivienne and Mr. James’s team, they seemed to see

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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 certificate on the

Arabella, hasn’t she always been in the village? I

the exams?”

didn’t say a word. Her face was

couldn’t have imagined Vivienne’s qualifications were

since Vivienne came back,

as the only daughter was gone. She had become nothing

in academia, but she got totally schooled

Vivienne!

Why her?

her become the nation’s top student

double

earth could this happen? They were both daughters of the Hawthorn family, but she had to

No way!

Vivienne must have cheated!

She must have!