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.

admitted that Beatrice had tested her and Vivienne’s talent in perfumery. She had claimed that Beatrice favored her because

was that

Vivienne lacked talent?

the renowned

with a single perfume than the

to be jealous or seek Beatrice’s

had

she and Elijah

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

this to me?! What have

everyone. ‘It was all Elijah’s doing! I’ve only

any attention to her, their faces were indifferent, lacking even

this cold treatment, she fled

beat Elijah, the stage was in chaos, where she stood, everything was clean and orderly;

hadn’t said a word. She just watched coldly as Elijah was beaten into a pulp by the angry

used her influence to rescue Riley and Raymond

background yet and didn’t want to expose her own strength so quickly. Also,

she returned home and started investigating the potion issue,

Q’s apprentice, and all the perfumes that Elijah had launched on the market were the creations of

achievements, the siblings’ future would

still in the auditorium. “I’m here today

everyone was

table and

her, especially the perfume enthusiasts, who were thrilled to witness the

sitting in the

all stunned when the chaos ensued. They hadn’t expected a simple

the perfumes they had just praised from Elijah

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them feel sick to their

could he have the audacity to

focused on the