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.

any attention 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, which led to Vivienne’s jealousy and Percival’s plot to

was that really

Vivienne lacked talent?

the

a single perfume than the

be jealous

had

the apprenticeship, she and Elijah had teamed up

who constantly tried to tamish her sister’s reputation

you doing this to me?! What have

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

paid any attention to her, their faces

cold treatment, she

was in chaos, where she stood, everything was clean and orderly; even the bottles. and jars on her perfume table

was beaten into

she could have used her influence to

and didn’t want to expose her own strength so quickly. Also, she wanted to use this scandal to help Riley and

home and started investigating the potion issue, neglecting the siblings,

Q’s apprentice, and all

siblings’ future

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

everyone was taken

her perfume table and quickly mixed another

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

sitting in the jury box were in

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

just praised from Elijah must have

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them feel sick