His Versatile Gorgeous Wife novel Chapter 997

Marcus hurried off to comfort the students.

As for the Specialized Forces, some of them had gone after the vanished men after the gas cleared, while others stayed back to protect Arielle.

Under the guidance of Arielle, the remaining squad members began helping to reassure the students as well.

Even though the incident that just happened was indeed frightening, it was, after all, not a gunfight or actual combat. Thus, with the combined efforts of Marcus and the Specialized Forces, the students' and their parents' emotions soon began to stabilize.

The atmosphere backstage eventually returned to normal. After giving a stern warning, the members of the Specialized Forces classified the recent incident.

Thus, no information about it was leaked to the outside world.

Once the order was restored, Arielle suddenly remembered the reason she had headed backstage and went to make her payment.

After she made the payment of fifteen million, she approached Marcus, carrying the vase in her hands.

“I'm returning this to you, Mr. Brown.”

“Didn't you just win this at the auction?” Marcus asked, bewildered.

Arielle shook her head. “I just wanted to contribute to the charity event. You and I both know that the Southalls are to blame for the state of that village. Even though I'm not technically a member of the Southall family, I still hope to do something to make up for it.”

Nodding, Marcus accepted the vase and praised, “I was right about you, Arielle. I made the right call back then when I decided to let you attend our school.”

Before Arielle could respond, Wendy's voice rang out. “Oh, cut the pretense!”

Arielle turned toward her with narrowed eyes and intentionally rubbed salt into her wounds. “What was that? Did your mother get her tooth fixed already?”

“Y-You!” Burning with rage, Wendy gnashed her teeth so hard she nearly crushed a few.

Just then, Cecilia could be heard mumbling, “How is that possible? Are you sure it's not your problem? It's impossible this card couldn't be used.”

Surprised, Wendy gave up mocking Arielle and strode toward her mother instead. “What's wrong, Mom?”