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

windows, and even the walls

the heat

of stillness,

of time or place, she could not hear anything outside her darkness. She relied on touch

stood up, mouth agape, but

stared blankly at

eternity, she suddenly charged at them, screaming, "I

swiftly pushed her back,

just how

say. I've raised you all these years, but our bond is broken. I can never forgive you.

hand, signaling it was time

had no desire to engage with the

visit was merely to support Jasper in putting an end to it all. He had truly loved Diana as his daughter, never

relationship had to be

filled the room, reminiscent of a

talk to me

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

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

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

giving Diana one last look, then silently walked

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,

why did you adopt her in the

men. 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

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

Even picking up a proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing did not faze her. After all, she

I possibly become a

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