The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 127

There was a substantial media presence at the event, arranged by Elijah himself to boost his profile. Some were even live-streaming the event online.

The previous incident had quickly spread online, sparking an internet backlash.

Arabella watched with satisfaction as the topic on Twitter began to trend. She was delighted

to see the barrage of unsightly insults directed at Vivienne in the comments section.

On stage.

“Vivienne, don’t get too cocky!” Elijah laughed bitterly in his rage.

“Enough.” Vivienne looked impatient.

“I’ll make sure you lose dignity!” Elijah coldly threatened her before signaling for the competition to start.

Given that perfume blending required inspiration, even though the contestants had a week to prepare, the competition was set for one hour.

The time quietly passed, and the audience watched as Elijah theatrically sniffed various ingredients. Once in a while, he would spray the blended perfume on a tester strip and then pretend to contemplate something as he scribbled on a piece of paper. He seemed to be trying to impress the audience with his creativity.

On the other hand, Vivienne swiftly picked out a few ingredients she needed as soon as she arrived at the perfume blending station. She then began to blend the perfume according to specific proportions, and in less than ten minutes, she had completed a bottle of perfume.

Afterwards, she sat down at the perfume blending station and started to doze off.

To ensure fair competition and prevent cheating, everything on the two perfume blending stations was projected onto a large screen behind the stage.

Thus, the audience got a close-up view of Vivienne’s face. It was magnified several times and occupied half of the large screen.

Percival rubbed his temples. He was somewhat exasperated. He had to admit that his darling girl looked rather cute when she was sleeping.

But he didn’t like the idea of so many people watching her sleep.

Elijah, who was still gently fanning the scent from the tester strip, caught sight of this and sneered. He thought to himself that, as anticipated, Vivienne was using the formula left by her mother for the competition.

naive. She was not even

challenging Elijah last Friday had

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perfume formula left by Vivienne’s mother. Now, like Elijah, they assumed Vivienne

the audience looked at Vivienne with disdain. They figured that even if she did

the

Eighteen, Percival, and his mother looked

and Thomas, who had come to enjoy the

about Vivienne.

“Mrs. Ellington.”

around, Cecilia saw Stella, who had

earlier, and now she had

leaving, Stella had grown increasingly frustrated and had returned to see Vivienne make a fool of herself in front

Stella frowned, feigning concern. “We all know she doesn’t have the talent for perfume blending and is using her mother’s formula for the competition. But she could at least pretend to make an effort. Whether she wins or loses now, it

mother’s formula. She’s got a natural talent for perfume blending. Elijah isn’t fit

and shared the same thought as

Cecilia?

else could the woman, who had despised Vivienne just a week ago, become such an ardent supporter in such a

herself how Vivienne casually blended several exquisite perfumes, all

of being close, she

perfumes and had asked Vivienne to

agreed, so the chypre perfume became her own, and

a considerate future

she had forgotten her

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the air and

out loud. So Percival got his sharp

held a higher status than Vivienne in Cecilia’s eyes. But now that she had made

however, was focused on the stage

see that while Stella was talking to her, her eyes were constantly darting

Percival was disabled, she hardly saw

to be around.

was much better. Despite her incredible talent, she remained low-key, and she didn’t mind that her son was disabled at

her the cold shoulder, and Percival hadn’t even