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.

all-black decor and the perpetual darkness turned the spacious abode into a haunted

no lights, no windows, and even

of sunlight, not even the heat of summer could

of stillness, existing was

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

slowly stood up, mouth agape, but

at Karen and

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

her

shook his head, realizing just how

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

hand, signaling it was time

engage with the

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

had to be

the room, reminiscent of a deranged spirit from

Ha, you talk to me about

would bring prosperity to the Perez family? Or that this

nothing but a hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior

that day. If I had, there would

one last look, then silently walked

Jasper explained, "The 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, and I thought she was educated enough not to believe

you adopt her

of one of my men. Her parents died in the line of duty, and I initially planned to send her

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

proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing did not faze

could I possibly

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