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.

and the perpetual darkness turned the spacious abode

lights, no windows, and even the walls were painted

not even the heat

here, with only the torment of

was delivered daily, only to ensure Diana remained alive. Unaware of time or place, she 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 it took Diana a while to adjust

stood up, mouth agape,

at Karen and

eternity, she suddenly charged at them, screaming, "I am the only daughter of the Perez family,

her back, protecting

his head, realizing just how

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

hand, signaling it

no desire to engage with

to support Jasper in putting an end to it all.

had to

the room, reminiscent

you talk to

prosperity to the Perez family? Or that this adopted daughter would

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

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

last look,

Willa, especially with so many kids at home. Rumors spread, and I thought she was educated enough not to believe

did you adopt her

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 a sister, Sasha. Do you

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

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

could I possibly become

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