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

no lights, no windows, and

the heat

only the torment of

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

agape, but no sound came

stared blankly at Karen and

suddenly charged at them, screaming, "I am the only daughter

swiftly pushed her

just how deep Diana's obsession

but our

Karen's hand,

desire to engage with the madwoman before

merely to support Jasper in putting an end to it all. He had truly loved Diana as his daughter, never allowing her to feel

relationship had to be

Diana's eerie laughter filled the room, reminiscent of

you talk to me

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

your righteousness! You're nothing but a hypocrite! You adopted me with ulterior motives, and now

that day. If I had, there would be no Vivienne,

Diana one last

I adopted Diana and Willa, especially with so many kids at home. Rumors spread, and I thought she

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

of duty, and I initially planned to send her to an orphanage and support her from a

remember

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

"Master, could I possibly become a

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