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.

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

importantly, she herself admitted that Beatrice had tested her and Vivienne’s talent in perfumery. She had claimed that Beatrice

was that really the

Vivienne lacked talent?

the renowned Master

with a single perfume than the entire

be jealous

Arabella had

she and

a habitual liar who constantly tried to tamish her

to me?! What

to her feet, accusing everyone. ‘It was all Elijah’s doing! I’ve

her, their faces were indifferent, lacking even

bear this cold treatment,

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 perfume table were

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

truth, she could have used her influence

and didn’t want to expose her own strength so quickly.

investigating the potion issue, neglecting the siblings, which allowed Elijah

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 market were the creations of this 12-year-old

siblings’

auditorium. “I’m here today to present

hearing this, everyone

returned to her perfume table and quickly mixed

immediately drawn to her, especially the perfume enthusiasts, who were thrilled

the

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

had just praised from Elijah must have

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made them feel sick to their