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.

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

perfumery. She had claimed that Beatrice favored her because Vivienne lacked talent, which led to Vivienne’s jealousy and

was that really the

Vivienne lacked talent?

the

more money with a single perfume than

be jealous or seek

Arabella had been

and Elijah had teamed

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

you doing this to me?!

no one was willing to come to her aid, Arabella angrily got to her feet, accusing everyone. ‘It was all Elijah’s doing!

one paid any attention to her, their faces were indifferent, lacking even a hint of

to bear this cold treatment, she fled in

chaos, where she stood, everything was clean and orderly; even the bottles. and jars on her perfume table were still neatly arranged; not a single one had

a word. She just watched coldly as Elijah was beaten into a pulp by the angry crowd before being taken away

her

expose her own strength so quickly. Also, she wanted to use this scandal to

Graslandia, she returned home and started investigating the potion issue,

this incident, everyone would know that the deaf-mute girl, Riley, was Master Q’s apprentice, and all the

the siblings’ future would be

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

everyone

perfume table and

perfume enthusiasts, who were thrilled to witness the birth

the

were all stunned when the chaos ensued. They hadn’t expected a

they had just praised from Elijah

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Riley, which made them feel sick to their