As soon as Thomas Valerius returned to his room, he impatiently asked Steven Miller, "I told you to investigate the people around Damien Valerius. Have you made any progress?"
Steven Miller shook his head. "Not yet."
"Useless!" Thomas Valerius roared, immediately breaking into a violent coughing fit.
His health was deteriorating by the day. Jameson Valerius had urged him several times to return to the sanatorium, but he always brushed it off, insisting he was fine.
"I'm not planning on going back to that sanatorium this time. Everything the Valerius family owns should have been mine! I can't just stand by and watch the entire fortune fall into the hands of that son of a maid, Damien Valerius!"
Thomas Valerius gasped for breath, taking a long moment to compose himself. He then ordered Steven Miller with a dark, predatory glint in his eyes, "There's something wrong with Aurora Sterling's pregnancy. Center your investigation on her. You must dig something up for me!"
