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

video of Vivienne challenging Elijah last Friday had been

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

disdain. They figured that even if she did outperform Elijah, it

the ‘Perfume

students from Class Eighteen, Percival, and his mother

honest, even Leopold and Thomas, who had come to enjoy the

about Vivienne.

“Mrs. Ellington.”

around, Cecilia saw Stella, who

earlier, and now she had returned just

had grown increasingly frustrated and had returned to see Vivienne make a fool of herself in front of everyone, losing dignity

Hawthorn’s behavior is really unbecoming.” 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

She doesn’t need her mother’s formula. She’s got

and shared the same thought as Leopold. Had Vivienne cast a

Cecilia?

could the woman, who had despised Vivienne just a week ago,

Stella didn’t know was that during the week she had been pestering Vivienne, Cecilia had seen for herself how Vivienne casually blended several exquisite perfumes, all of which were no less impressive than any product Elijah had

being close, she

Vivienne to make it exclusively for her and

agreed, so the chypre perfume became her own,

to have such a considerate future daughter-in-law. Who

she had forgotten

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presence here is thinning the air and making it hard

laughed out loud. So Percival got his sharp tongue from Cecilia,

Ellington…” Stella was taken aback. She thought she still held a higher status than Vivienne in Cecilia’s eyes. But now that she had made some negative comments about Vivienne, Cecilia was

on the stage

while Stella was talking to her, her eyes were constantly

hardly saw Stella trying

was well, Stella was so eager to

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

that Cecilia was giving her the cold shoulder, and Percival hadn’t even spared