The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 114

Suddenly, the auditorium was in an uproar.

“Why the hell did you take her as your student?”

“How on earth is she worthy enough to be your student?”

He gave a slight smile and picked up the microphone, sincerely addressing the puzzled looks from the crowd.

“I know it’s hard for you guys to wrap your heads around this. I had my doubts too, but perfume blending not only needs talent but a keen sense of smell too. And Arabella is the most gifted person I’ve met in this respect.

I couldn’t bear to waste her talent, and I don’t want to discredit her just because she screwed up when she was young and dumb. Think about it. Who hasn’t screwed up when they were young? When I was thirteen, I skipped school to play video games, got chased, and was smacked by my parents.”

At this point, laughter erupted from the crowd. His easygoing humor led everyone to accept Arabella’s past deeds.

Nobody’s perfect. Who could say that they’ve never messed up?

They were all still young, weren’t they?

As long as it was not something terribly wrong, they should be forgiven and get a second

chance.

The shift in the students’ attitudes made Elijah satisfied. He continued, “So, I’ve decided to give Arabella a chance. I’ll properly teach and supervise her. If she screws up again, I’ll personally kick her out of the perfume world.”

A chilly smile appeared on Vivienne’s face. So, this was Elijah’s plan.

for Arabella, then covered up Arabella’s flaws with his little speech about the

even if she did get kicked out by

Arabella took the microphone after Elijah gave her a signal. “I know my actions have tarnished

up, she looked at Vivienne. “Vivienne, I know I owe you an apology most of all. I’m sorry, I was

that, she bowed deeply to Vivienne, masking the coldness and

eyes.

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accept?” Vivienne’s lips curled slightly, revealing a faint

slightly. She knew

Everything I did was because you’re so great that I was jealous and lost myself. But we’re

lost a lot of weight after being

ignorance” excuse, a small portion of

Elijah had touched the dark side of these young people’s hearts. They also had various human weaknesses, so when they put themselves in Arabella’s shoes, they naturally hoped that others could easily forgive them for

started whispering about

family. It’s not a big deal. Arabella

her?”

more forgiving. It’s okay for Arabella to make a mistake once, as long as she doesn’t

looked

chair while casually adjusting his

hearing this, most of the sensible

with a knife in the hospital to forgive her was

sympathy at Cloudcrest High School many times before, and they were fed up

don’t have a knife? Do you need to go down and get ready, then come back and do

face twisted for a moment, but she quickly covered it up. Ignoring the ridicule. from the crowd, she looked at Vivienne seriously and said, “I really am apologizing to

me, I’m willing to give up the

suddenly in an uproar. Everyone thought Arabella had gone crazy. What a rare opportunity it was to be a student

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Chapter 114

Although the Hawthorn Group was now bankrupt,