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.

the all-black decor and the perpetual darkness turned the spacious abode into a

and even

of sunlight, not even the heat of summer could

of stillness, existing was worse

of time or place, she could not hear anything outside her darkness. She relied on touch to find something to eat when hunger struck.

up, mouth agape,

blankly at

at them, screaming, "I am the only daughter of the Perez family, I am the

her back, protecting

realizing just how deep Diana's

years, but our bond is broken. I can never

that, Jasper patted Karen's hand, signaling it was time to

had no desire to engage with the

putting an end to it all. He had truly loved Diana as his daughter, never allowing

their relationship had to

turned to leave, Diana's eerie laughter filled the room, reminiscent of a deranged spirit from a horror

you talk

Was it because someone said adopting a child would bring prosperity to the Perez family?

your righteousness! You're nothing but a hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior motives, and now you preach about fatherly

only regret is that I didn't finish you off that day. If I had, there would be no Vivienne, and I wouldn't be in this

giving Diana one last look,

couldn't understand why I adopted Diana and Willa, especially with so many kids at home. Rumors spread, and I thought she was educated enough not to believe

was curious, "Dad, why did you adopt

in the line of duty, and I initially planned to send her to an orphanage and support her from a distance. But you wanted

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

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

"Master, could I possibly become

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