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.

darkness turned the spacious abode

lights, no windows, and even the

even the heat of summer could penetrate the coldness

with only the torment of

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

stood up, mouth agape, but

at Karen

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

swiftly pushed her back, protecting

his head, realizing just how

over. I have nothing to say. I've raised you all these years, but our

Jasper patted Karen's hand, signaling

no desire to engage with the madwoman before

it all. He had truly loved Diana as his

had

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

you talk to me about

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

nothing but a hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior

is that I didn't finish you off that day. If I had, there would be no Vivienne, and I

one last look, then silently

probably rumors she overheard. Many couldn't understand why I adopted Diana and Willa, especially with

was curious, "Dad, why did you adopt her in the

I initially planned to send her to an

remember how I felt back then, but I certainly don't regret

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

I possibly become a

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