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.

the all-black decor and the perpetual darkness

windows, and

sunlight, not even the heat of summer

torment of stillness,

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

slowly stood up, mouth agape, but no sound

blankly at

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

pushed her back,

just how deep Diana's

all these years, but our bond is broken. I

patted Karen's hand, signaling it was time

engage

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

their relationship had

Diana's eerie laughter filled the room, reminiscent of a

you talk to

our bond? Was it because someone said adopting a child would bring prosperity to the Perez

hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior motives, and now you

day. If I had, there would be no Vivienne, and I wouldn't

giving Diana one last look, then

Many couldn't understand why I adopted Diana and Willa, especially with so many kids at home. Rumors spread,

you adopt her in the first

line of duty, and I initially planned to send her to an orphanage and support her from a distance. But you wanted

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

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

I

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