The Million-Dollar Heart

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.

attention or offered her any assistance. Once Elijah’s crimes were exposed, everyone remembered her

had claimed that Beatrice favored her because

that really

Vivienne lacked talent?

the

money with a single perfume than the

be

had

and Elijah had teamed up to

constantly tried to tamish her sister’s reputation did not

to me?! What

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 faces were indifferent, lacking even a hint of

bear this cold treatment,

had rushed up to beat Elijah, the stage was in chaos, where she stood, everything was clean and orderly; even the bottles. and jars

news, she hadn’t said a word. She just watched coldly as Elijah was beaten

have used her influence to rescue Riley and Raymond

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

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 the perfumes that Elijah had launched on the

siblings’ future would be

the auditorium.

everyone was

her perfume table

was immediately drawn to her, especially the perfume enthusiasts, who were thrilled to witness the birth of a new

sitting in the jury box

ensued. They hadn’t expected a simple perfume competition to turn into a crime

they had just praised from

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by Riley, which made them feel sick to