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.

importantly, she herself admitted that Beatrice had tested her and Vivienne’s talent in perfumery. She had claimed that Beatrice favored her because Vivienne lacked talent, which led to Vivienne’s jealousy and Percival’s plot to bankrupt

that really

Vivienne lacked talent?

the

single perfume

be jealous or

Arabella had been

she and Elijah had teamed up to

who constantly tried to tamish her sister’s reputation

to me?! What have I done

was willing to come to her aid, Arabella angrily got to her feet, accusing everyone. ‘It was all Elijah’s doing! I’ve only been his apprentice for a few days. I didn’t know

their faces were indifferent, lacking even

this cold treatment, she

stood, everything was clean and orderly; even the bottles.

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

used her influence to rescue Riley and Raymond

own strength so quickly. Also, she wanted to use this scandal to help Riley and

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

this incident, everyone would know that the deaf-mute girl, Riley, was Master Q’s apprentice, and all

achievements, the siblings’ future would be

still in the auditorium. “I’m here today to

hearing this, everyone was

her perfume table and

were thrilled to witness the birth of

the jury box were

Dunhill and the others were all stunned when the chaos ensued. They

perfumes they had just praised from Elijah

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made them

the audacity to accept their

now, their attention was entirely focused on the new perfume