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 even the walls were painted

sunlight, not even the heat of

with only the torment of

anything outside her darkness. She relied on touch

slowly stood up, mouth agape,

at Karen

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

her

his head, realizing just how deep

I have nothing to say. I've raised you all these years, but our bond is

Karen's hand, signaling it was time to

no desire to engage with the madwoman

end to it all.

their relationship had to be

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

Ha, you talk to me about

because someone said adopting a child would bring prosperity to the Perez family? Or that this adopted

adopted me with ulterior motives, and now you preach about fatherly

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

turned back, giving Diana one last look, then silently walked away

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

why did you adopt her in the

duty, and I initially planned

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

proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing did

I possibly become a

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