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.

claimed that Beatrice

was that

Vivienne lacked talent?

was the

earn more money with a single perfume than

to be jealous or seek Beatrice’s

Arabella had

she and Elijah had teamed up

tried to tamish her sister’s reputation did

this to me?!

was willing to come to her aid, Arabella angrily got to her feet, accusing everyone. ‘It was all Elijah’s doing!

paid any attention to her, their

cold treatment, she fled

remained on stage. Although a large group of people had rushed up to beat Elijah, the stage was in chaos, where she stood, everything

the news, 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

her influence to rescue

out Elijah’s background yet and didn’t want to expose her own strength so quickly. Also, she wanted to use this scandal to

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

all the perfumes that Elijah had launched on the market

the siblings’ future would be

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

this, everyone was taken

perfume table and quickly mixed another

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

five judges sitting in the jury box

They hadn’t expected a simple perfume competition

had just praised from Elijah must have

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Riley, which made them feel

have the audacity to accept

the new perfume that Vivienne had just