The Million-Dollar Heart (Percival and Vivienne) novel Chapter 98

Percival had been silently grinning like a Cheshire cat on the side. He knew Vivienne was provoking Arabella for fun, but he was secretly enjoying it. Why? It felt like Vivienne was treating him as her rock, and that gave him a reason to keep going.

"You!" Arabella snapped. "You're shameless!"

"Humph!" Vivienne scoffed as she strutted up close and personal to Arabella. Her smirk instantly faded. "You know why I haven't done anything to you?"

Arabella glared at her, refusing to respond.

"I warned you to keep your hands off Dorian and Cordelia. If you dare, you'll face the consequences, and you'll be the one apologizing to me." Vivienne smirked again. "Do you think Beatrice would abandon the Hawthorn family for you?"

Arabella trembled. She was unable to answer. She knew Beatrice wouldn’t bail on the Hawthorn family for her.

Vivienne shot her a dismissive look and then glanced at the others who had been insulting her. She pulled out her phone and dialed a number.

"Lysander, there are students openly insulting a teacher. We're at the school entrance. Could you please handle this?"

Upon hearing this, the students turned pale.

"How shameless! Why involve the principal in kids' stuff?"

Vivienne chuckled as she squinted her eyes with mirth. She patted the complaining student’s shoulder. "Kid, you're a child; I'm a teacher. You might not know me, but Class Eighteen does. I'm a big fan of tattling."

Class Eighteen students nodded in agreement.

The other students fell silent.

Soon, Lysander arrived with the Dean of Students.

Lysander scanned the students, coldly saying, "Mr. Samuel, take down their names, announce it to the whole school, and put it on record. Any student found insulting teachers again will be dealt with strictly."

With that, Lysander left with a stern face.

The students were left dumbfounded, unable to recover from the shock.

Noticing that no one was defending her, Arabella turned to Coral.

Usually, Coral would be the first one to stand up for Arabella, but this time she just stood there quietly.

Coral glanced at Arabella as she contemplated the situation.

After a severe scolding from her parents last night, she barely slept. What her mom said constantly played in her mind.

This morning, her mom looked at her tired face and decided to teach her how some people acted in the real world. "You want to know if Arabella is truly your friend or if she is just using you, right? Simply tell her that our family is in a tough spot and ask her if she's willing to plead with Vivienne for us because it was her misleading you that made you target Vivienne."

Coral hesitated for a while and finally told Arabella about it at lunch.

Arabella just brushed it off, which made Coral's heart sink. Maybe Arabella wasn't really her friend but was indeed just using her.

After getting no reaction from Coral, Arabella became anxious but didn't dare ask Coral for help directly.

Just then, a deep voice came from the crowd. "Coral, what are you doing here?"