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 turned the spacious abode into

no windows, and

of sunlight, not even the heat

only the torment of stillness,

could not hear anything outside her darkness. She relied on touch to find something

agape,

blankly at Karen and

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

pushed her back, protecting

shook his head, realizing just how

I've raised you all these years, but our bond is broken. I can never forgive you. Stay here and fend

Karen's hand, signaling it was time

to engage with the madwoman before

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

their relationship had

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

talk to me

a child would bring prosperity to the Perez family?

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

my only regret is that I didn't finish you off that day. If I had, there would be no Vivienne, and I wouldn't be in

back, giving Diana one last look, then silently walked

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

"Dad, why did you adopt her

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

fate entwined. "I don't remember

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

could I possibly become

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