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

windows, and even the walls

the heat of

here, with only the torment of

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

agape, but

stared blankly at Karen and

screaming, "I am the only daughter of the

swiftly pushed her back,

his head, realizing just how deep Diana's obsession

have nothing to say. I've raised you all these years, but our bond is broken. I can never forgive you. Stay

patted Karen's hand,

desire to engage with

an end to it all. He had truly loved

their relationship had to

filled the room, reminiscent of a deranged spirit from a

talk to

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

nothing but a hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior

day. If I had, there would be no

one last look,

especially with so many kids at home. Rumors spread, and

"Dad, why did you adopt

the line of duty, and I initially planned to send her to an orphanage and support

fate entwined. "I don't remember how I

world. Even picking up a proverbial wolf in

"Master, could I

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