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.

decor and the perpetual darkness turned the spacious abode into a haunted

windows, and even the walls

not even the heat of summer could

torment 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

stood up, mouth agape,

blankly at Karen

"I am the only daughter of the Perez family, I am

pushed her back,

realizing just how deep Diana's obsession

all these years, but our bond is broken. I can never forgive

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

desire to engage

an end to it all. He had truly loved

relationship had to

eerie laughter filled the room, reminiscent of a deranged spirit

you talk to

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

spare me your righteousness! You're nothing but a hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior motives,

regret is that I didn't finish you off that day. If I had, there would

last

outside, Jasper explained, "The things Diana mentioned, they're probably rumors she overheard. Many couldn't understand why I adopted Diana and Willa, especially with so many kids at home. Rumors spread,

"Dad, why did you adopt her in

of one of my men. Her parents died in the line of duty, and I initially planned to send her to an

realizing how the threads of fate entwined. "I don't remember how I felt

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

I possibly

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