After Jameson Valerius's birthday banquet, all the public discussion and news about the events of the evening brewed for only a short time before he used his influence to forcefully suppress it.
However, while Jameson Valerius could stop the media from running wild with the story, he couldn't stop people from talking. As a result, the banquet and the Valerius family's affairs remained a hot topic of gossip.
In stark contrast to the frazzled state of everyone else at the manor, Aurora Sterling and Damien Valerius seemed much more relaxed and carefree. They had effectively walled themselves off from the rest of the residents.
Ever since Joanna Jacobs had warned Damien Valerius to be especially careful with his health over the next few days, Aurora Sterling had become a bundle of nerves.
