The Million-Dollar Heart novel Chapter 113

Elijah was invited to Cloudcrest High School as an honored alum to give a talk, all thanks to Lysander.

Over the years, his perfume brand had gained international prestige, and naturally, his fame in the country was sky-high.

When the news spread that the founder of this internationally renowned perfume brand was coming to the school for a talk, the guys were chill about it, but the girls were all over it.

On the night of the speech, the girls who were waiting to give Elijah flowers even blocked the school's entrance.

Not only were the students from Cloudcrest High School present, but girls from other schools also flocked here upon hearing that Elijah was coming. Just for a glimpse of him.

Among all the girls in the school, only the girls of Class Eighteen were the exception. They were all busy studying and had no plans to attend the lecture.

However, Charlotte was still shocked by the bustling crowd in front of the school auditorium. She said to Faye, "Elijah's comeback this time has caused quite a fuss. You might not know, but he once had a thing for Arabella, but she was totally not into him. Now Arabella's reputation has hit rock bottom while he is making big waves. I wonder if Arabella will regret it."

Before Faye had a chance to respond, a cold laugh came from behind.

"Ha."

They turned around, and it was Arabella.

She looked at Charlotte and Faye with a smirk and then headed towards the auditorium.

"She's such a fake saint. She moves like a ghost." Charlotte mumbled under her breath after her.

"Forget it. Let's go back to the classroom and hit the books." Faye pulled Charlotte away.

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School auditorium.

Vivienne could have chosen not to attend Elijah's speech, but she was curious about his intentions, so she came anyway.

As soon as she sat down, Percival plopped down next to her and naturally took her hand.

Vivienne was initially engrossed in her phone and didn't react, but after a while, she realized that she seemed to have gotten used to Percival's hand-holding. When he held her hand, she didn't feel uncomfortable or repulsed. In fact, she felt like it was right, as if they were meant to be that way.

She was startled by her own thoughts and abruptly tried to pull her hand away.

Her action was so sudden that Percival didn't react in time and got scratched by her nails.

Both of them were stunned.

Vivienne looked at the scratch on Percival's palm and felt guilty.

Because of this guilt, when Percival took her hand again with a pitiful face, she couldn't refuse and even felt helpless.

"Heh."

A cold laugh came from behind.

Vivienne turned around, and saw that Arabella was sitting two rows behind her.

Even though Dr. Caleb confessed his crimes and Arabella was released due to a lack of evidence, it was a fact that she had framed Vivienne.

Almost all the students in the school had seen the video from the hospital room that day. Arabella, out of jealousy, attempted to kidnap Vivienne and even tried to kill her with a knife.

Even though this incident did not physically harm Vivienne, and Arabella got off the hook because other people took the blame for her other crimes, the fact that she could turn into a killer at any moment frightened everyone.

Therefore, other students did not want to have anything to do with her, including Coral, who once considered her a close friend. Even though the auditorium was packed, nobody was sitting near Arabella.

When Vivienne looked at her, Arabella laughed coldly as her eyes greedily landed on Percival. "You and Mr. Ellington seem to be very close."