The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 129

Arabella sat rigidly beneath the stage, completely at a loss as to how things had spiraled so disastrously out of control. It seemed that every time she made a move against Vivienne, things took a turn for the worst.

Elijah had suddenly been branded as a kidnapper and a fraud.

And she, as his apprentice… What would become of her?

She watched the angry crowd, trembling in fear of being swept away in their rage.

She tried to stay unnoticed, hoping to slip away in the chaos, but was confronted by a group of high school girls.

They hurled insults at her with scathing words.

“Arabella! Where do you think you’re going?! No wonder Elijah chose you as his apprentice; you’re both nothing more than scum!”

“Yeah, pretending to be all high and mighty because you’re Elijah’s apprentice, ordering us around like we’re your servants. You’re useless!”

In the blink of an eye, punches and kicks began to rain down on her. Once a brawl started, it was hard to stop it, especially when the crowd felt justified in their anger.

Each punch and kick was seen as a righteous act.

The mob’s fury was eventually subdued by the arrival of the police, who took Elijah away on charges of kidnapping and illegal confinement.

Once the chaos in the auditorium had subsided, the sound of soft sobbing could be heard from a corner.

Arabella’s long hair had been hacked off haphazardly, and her school uniform was torn to shreds, revealing her undergarments. Bruises covered her from head to toe, and her face was so swollen that it was hard to recognize her once beautiful features.

But no one paid her any attention or offered her any assistance. Once Elijah’s crimes were exposed, everyone remembered her past deeds.

had claimed that Beatrice favored her because Vivienne lacked talent, which led to Vivienne’s jealousy and Percival’s plot to bankrupt

was that really

Vivienne lacked talent?

the renowned

could earn more money with a single perfume than the entire Hawthorn

be jealous or seek

had been

apprenticeship, she and Elijah

habitual liar who constantly tried to tamish her sister’s reputation did

doing this to me?! What

everyone. ‘It was all Elijah’s doing! I’ve only been his apprentice for a few

one paid any attention to her, their faces were indifferent,

this cold treatment, she

beat Elijah, the stage was in chaos, where she stood, everything was

she hadn’t said a word. She just watched coldly as Elijah was beaten into a pulp by the angry crowd before being taken away by the

could have used her influence to rescue Riley and Raymond

expose her own strength so quickly. Also, she wanted to

home and started investigating the potion issue, neglecting the siblings, which allowed Elijah to take

deaf-mute girl, Riley, was Master Q’s apprentice, and all the perfumes that Elijah had launched on

siblings’ future

in the auditorium. “I’m here today to

hearing this, everyone was

her perfume table

who were thrilled to witness the birth

judges sitting in the jury

the others were all stunned when the chaos ensued. They

the perfumes they had just

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which made them feel sick

could he have the audacity to

focused on the new perfume that Vivienne