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.

perpetual darkness turned the spacious abode into a haunted

no lights, no windows, and even

of sunlight, not even the heat of summer

with only the torment of stillness, existing was

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,

stood up, mouth agape, but no sound

blankly at Karen and

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

her

shook his head, realizing just

years, but our bond is

Karen's hand, signaling it was time to

engage with

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

had to be

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

talk to me about

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

a hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior motives, and now you preach about fatherly

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

turned back, giving Diana one last look, then silently walked away with

she overheard. Many couldn't understand why I adopted Diana and Willa, especially with so many kids

curious, "Dad, why did you adopt her

duty, and I initially planned to send her to an orphanage and support her from a

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

no place in Karen's world. Even picking up a proverbial

"Master, could I

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