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.

decor and the perpetual darkness turned the spacious abode

and even the walls were painted

the heat

here, with only the torment of stillness, existing was

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

slowly stood up, mouth agape, but

at Karen

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

pushed her back, protecting

just how deep Diana's obsession

you all these years, but our bond is broken.

that, Jasper patted Karen's hand, signaling it

to engage

end to it all. He had truly loved Diana as his daughter, never

had

filled the room, reminiscent of a deranged spirit

you talk

it because someone said adopting a child would bring prosperity to the

You're nothing but a hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior

If I had, there would be no

last look,

couldn't understand why I adopted Diana and Willa, especially with so

was curious, "Dad, why did you

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, Sasha.

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

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

I possibly become

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