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.

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

was that really

Vivienne lacked talent?

was the renowned Master

single perfume than the entire

to be jealous or seek Beatrice’s

Arabella had

day of the apprenticeship, she and Elijah had teamed up to

habitual liar who constantly tried to tamish

doing this to me?! What have I done

that no one 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

paid any attention to her, their

cold treatment, she fled in

a large group of people had rushed up to beat Elijah, the stage was in chaos, where she stood, everything was clean and orderly; even the bottles. and jars on her

said a word. She just watched coldly as Elijah was beaten into a pulp by the angry crowd

her influence to rescue Riley and

and didn’t want to expose her own strength so quickly. Also, she wanted

Graslandia, she returned home and started investigating the potion issue, neglecting the siblings, which allowed Elijah to take advantage of

Master Q’s apprentice, and all the perfumes

these achievements, the siblings’ future would

auditorium. “I’m here today

everyone

to her perfume table

audience’s attention was immediately drawn to her, especially the perfume enthusiasts, who were thrilled to witness the birth of a

five judges sitting in the jury

Dunhill and the others were all stunned when the chaos ensued. They hadn’t expected a simple perfume competition to

they had just praised from Elijah

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made them feel sick to their

the audacity to

their attention was entirely focused on the new perfume