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.

else to take the fall for Arabella, then covered up

even if she did get kicked out by Dr. William, Arabella could

took the microphone after Elijah gave her a signal. “I know my actions have tarnished the reputation of Cloudcrest High School. I’m here to

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

bowed deeply to Vivienne, masking the coldness

eyes.

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I don’t accept?” Vivienne’s lips curled slightly,

still bending over, smiled slightly. She

“I really know I was wrong Everything I did was because you’re so great that I was

lost a lot of weight after being in custody, so she looked very frail on

“youthful ignorance” excuse, a small portion of students immediately felt sympathy for this beautiful

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

started whispering

It’s not a big deal. Arabella has apologized, so why keep

her?”

to

as she looked

his chair while casually adjusting his clothes. He appeared indifferent, but his tone

most of the sensible students started to

the video of Arabella threatening Vivienne with a knife in the

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

on stage. “Arabella, why didn’t you kneel this time? Is it because you don’t have a knife? Do you need to go down and get ready,

it up. Ignoring the ridicule. from the crowd, she looked at Vivienne seriously and said, “I

If you could forgive me, I’m willing to give up the opportunity to become

rare opportunity it was to be a student of the Perfume Prince Elijah,

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big splash in Havenwood because of its perfume. Although the Hawthorn Group was now bankrupt, with Elijah’s support, it would definitely not