The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 626

Vivienne pushed open the heavy iron gate, rubbing her arms.

Though the sun was shining bright outside, the place seemed to cast a chilling shadow over everything.

"Mom, Grandpa, are you sure you don't need me to come with you?" Vivienne asked.

Jasper shook his head. "No need, sweetheart. Your mother and I can handle this. You just wait here, okay?"

Vivienne nodded, watching Karen and Jasper disappear through the doorway.

She settled back into the car and began to nibble on a strawberry cheesecake.

As Karen pushed open the door, a nauseating stench hit her full force.

The person inside, hearing the noise, slowly turned her head.

Her hair was a tangled mess, unwashed for days.

Stains marred her clothes, and her bare feet were caked in dirt.

The source of the foul smell was clear-it emanated from her.

Jasper sighed deeply at the sight. "Diana..."

The person trapped here was, indeed, Diana!

After the cliff side explosion, Diana had been rushed to the hospital. Once she survived, the Perez family had locked her away here.

The villa might have looked like a luxury home, but it was more akin to a prison cell.

It had everything-a complete set of furniture.

all-black decor and the perpetual darkness turned

and even the walls

even the heat of summer

here, with only the torment of stillness, existing was

could not hear anything outside her darkness. She relied on touch to find something to eat when hunger struck. The sudden light was blinding, and

up, mouth agape, but no

stared blankly at Karen

screaming, "I am the only daughter

swiftly pushed her back, protecting

head, realizing just how deep

but our bond is broken. I can never forgive you.

Jasper patted Karen's hand, signaling it was

to engage with the madwoman before

it all. He had truly

had to be

eerie laughter filled the room, reminiscent of a deranged spirit from a

you talk to me about

said adopting a child would bring prosperity to the Perez family? Or that this adopted daughter would bring

nothing but a hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior motives, and now you preach

regret is that I didn't finish you off that day. If I had, there would be no

Diana one last

Willa, especially with so many kids at home. Rumors spread, and I thought she

"Dad, why did you adopt her in the first

at Karen, and said, "Diana was the child of one of my men. Her parents died in the line of duty, and I initially planned to send her to an orphanage and support her from a distance. But you wanted

smiled, realizing how the threads of fate entwined. "I don't remember how I felt back then, but I certainly

concept of regret had no place in Karen's world. Even picking up a proverbial

"Master, could I possibly become a

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