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

were no lights, no windows, and even the

heat of summer could penetrate the coldness

the torment of stillness, existing 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 and recognize the figures

mouth agape, but no sound

blankly at Karen

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

her back, protecting her

his head, realizing just how deep

these years, but our bond

that, Jasper patted Karen's hand,

had no desire to engage with

to support Jasper in putting an end to it all. He had

relationship had

the room, reminiscent of

you talk to me

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

a hypocrite! You adopted me

off that day. If

giving Diana one last look, then silently walked

understand why I adopted Diana and Willa, especially with so many kids at home. Rumors

was curious, "Dad, why did you adopt her

paused, looking at Karen, and said, "Diana was the child of one of my 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 wanted a sister,

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

in Karen's world. Even picking up a proverbial wolf

could I possibly become a

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