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.

or offered her any assistance. Once Elijah’s

herself admitted that Beatrice had tested her and Vivienne’s talent in perfumery. She had claimed that Beatrice favored her because Vivienne lacked talent,

was that

Vivienne lacked talent?

the

could earn more money with a single perfume than

need to be jealous or

had

the apprenticeship, she and Elijah had teamed up

habitual liar who constantly tried to tamish her sister’s reputation did not deserve

are you doing this to me?! What have I

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

any attention to her, their

cold treatment, she fled

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 Riley and Raymond

fully figured out Elijah’s background yet and didn’t want to expose her own strength so quickly.

home and started investigating the potion issue,

girl, Riley, was Master Q’s apprentice, and all the perfumes that Elijah had launched

siblings’ future would

addressed the crowd still in the auditorium. “I’m here today to present my fourth

everyone

table and quickly

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

in the jury box were

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

just praised from

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made them