Lilian was furiously pouring the juice from the little minibar in the kitchen.
She hadn't been this furious in a while, Constanza was right, Rosa was a very annoying person.She itched to pour the juice all over her smug face."Calm down Lily, you have done worse to others, haven't you?" she whispered to herself.She put the glass of juice on a little tray and went back to the office to give it to Rosa. She knocked on the door lightly and it swung open.She walked to the table and put the juice in front of Rosa."Enjoy." she told her."Thanks." Rosa said with a wide smile.She picked the glass up and took a sip of the juice."Not quite the right temperature but I will manage it. I am sure you would get it next time." she told Lilian."Thanks for understanding." Lilian replied."You may leave." Alessandro told her."Thank you sir." Lilian said and turned around to leave.Alessandro looked at Rosa who was still sipping her juice leisurely."Hurry up and finish it, you need to go back to work and I need to concentrate on my work as well." he told her.Rosa pouted, "Are you chasing me away?" she asked."Of course not, it's just that I have a lot of work and with you here, I won't be able to concentrate. Besides, we will see each other at the pack meeting tonight.""Alright, I will see you later, I guess." Rosa finished her drink quickly and stood up."Thanks Rosie" Alessandro said as he looked at her with a fond smile on his face.Rosa went across the desk and gave him a kiss on the cheek."Bye Bestie." she told him."Bye, be careful!""I will."Rosa left his office, on her way out, she stopped at Lilian's desk."see you later Lilian." she told her."See you." Lilian replied back.Lilian watched as Rosa left. She sighed, it seemed like she was going to be seeing Rosa a bit more often than she would have preferred. She hoped that she would have the patience to deal with her.Minutes later, the phone at her desk rang. She picked up the call, it was Alessandro."Come to my office." he said and hung up.Lilian looked at the phone in confusion, did he have to be so abrupt?She stood up and went to his office, she knocked lightly, the door opened and she entered inside."Sit down miss Howard" he told her as soon as she entered."Thank you sir." Lilian sat down."Now, your duties are as follows;-You have to resume work early, prepare my coffee and arrange the necessary files and documents.-You are to accompany me to business meetings-You are to keep track of my schedule and plan my meetings accordingly.-Under no circumstances whatsoever are you to reveal anything about me to outsiders.That's all. Do you understand everything I have just said?" he asked her."Yes sir""And are you willing to comply with them?""Yes sir""You may go home now, I will be closing early today, I have a pack meeting to attend to. Giovanni will drive you home and pick you up tomorrow morning.""There is no need for that sir, I can find my way home and come by myself tomorrow morning." Lilian objected."And how are you going to go home with all the shopping bags?" Alessandro asked her."I will take a cab.""Miss Howard please just allow Giovanni to take you home and bring you to work.""Okay sir, if you insist.""I very much insist." Alessandro replied."OK sir, I will see you tomorrow. Have a pleasant evening sir.""You too."Lilian turned around and left the office. Alessandro relaxed in his seat, a curious expression on his face.Lilian was an enigma. On the surface, she looked calm and peaceful. But he knew that underneath that peaceful veneer was a brewing storm.He had seen her face back when Rosa was around, although she had looked calm and respectful. His observant eyes had caught the fury and rebelliousness in her eyes.Alessandro was curious to know about her past and where she came from. Although he could easily get one on his guys to find out everything about her. He decided to be patient and wait for her to tell him herself.Although Alessandro didn't know it at the moment, this was about to be one of his biggest mistakes.......................................Lilian took the elevator down, as she came down, she dialed Sue's number."Where are you?" she asked."I am still working." she replied."Oh! Mr Romano closed early and I am leaving now.""Oh no! I really wanted to hang out with you today." Sue said sadly."How about this? When you are done, come over to the house for dinner and we can hang out after. Deal?""Deal." Sue replied happily."See you later.""See you later."Lilian hung up and walked to the garage where Giovanni was waiting with the car."Ready to go Lilian?" he asked."Yes please." she replied.He opened the back door for her, instead of entering Lilian opened the front door and entered."Uh Lilian, don't you want to sit at the back?" Giovanni asked confused."I don't, it feels weird, I would rather sit in the front with you, that's not a problem, is it?" she answered him."No it isn't." he said amused, Lilian was a peculiar girl, he thought to himself.He closed the door and went to the driver's side, he opened the door and entered the car.He started the car and drove off after taking directions from Lilian.Soon, they got to Lilian's house, he helped her carry the shopping bags inside."I will see you tomorrow morning." he told her."See you then." she replied."Who was that man?" her aunt asked."And did you go shopping?" her uncle added."What did you do to your hair?" her aunt added another question.Lily sighed and went to the cot and carried Lavender. She then sat down and started answering their questions."That is Giovanni, Mr Romano's driver. And he told his stylist to take me shopping to get new clothes that would befit my new position as his assistant. Also we stopped by a salon and I decided to dye my hair to make sure no one recognizes me from my past. Have I answered all your questions?" Lilian answered all their questions at a go. "Your new position?" her aunt asked."Yes, as a result of my honesty yesterday, I was promoted from being a cleaner to being Mr Romano's secretary." Lilian replied."Wow, that's good news. Congratulations sweetheart." her uncle congratulated her."Don't you think such a position would be too exposing?" her aunt questioned."Exposing?" her uncle asked."Yes, in case two of you forgot, we are on the run from the werewolf council, what if this position brings Lilian exposure and then we are found?" her aunt asked."Oh! I didn't think of that." her uncle said.Her aunt sighed and looked at Lilian."Can you resign sweetie? I know you love your job but we c
THE HOWARD'S HOUSEHOLDLilian was playing with Lavender when she heard a knock on her room door."Sue is here and dinner will soon be ready." her aunt informed her from outside the room."I am coming" she replied."Okay dear."Lilian smiled at her son. "Let's go see Sue." she cooed to him, Little Lavender giggled in response.She opened the door and went downstairs carrying him in her arms. Sue was downstairs helping her aunt set the table."Lilian! I missed you all day. Work wasn't the same without you." Sue said as soon as she saw Lilian.Lilian handed Lavender over to her uncle."I missed you too." she told Sue as she approached her for a hug. The both of them hugged each other."The other girls were green with envy when I told them that not only did you meet Mr Romano, you are also his secretary. By the way, what did you do to your hair?" Sue asked."Mr Romano sent me shopping so I could get work appropriate clothes and along the way I decided to dye my hair." Lilian explained."I
''But Alessandro, the elder council need to understand that you suffered a great loss and that you are still recovering from it" rosatoldalessandro. "I know are feeling worried for me but you have to understand that I am an alpha and I have responsibilities. It is also the duty of the elder council to remind me of these responsibilities." Alessandro told Rosa. ''in case the alpha needs me to recommend someone for him or the beta, I would be happy to help out" Rosa's mother suggested."I am quite okay ma'am but should I need your help I would be sure to let you know." Alessandro assured her."If you make me stay at this dinner for one more minute, I will explode in anger and I assure you that you don't want to see me angry." Rosa spoke to Alessandro through the mind link (a connection through which members of the same pack could communicate through the mind.)"I am really sorry but I and my siblings must be on our way. We have urgent matters to attend to." Alessandro told Rosa's pa
Lilian entered the office and thought hard about what her aunt and uncle had said.If she really did things that angered Alessandro, would he fire her and let her be?Although she didn't want to do this, she also didn't want to put her family in danger. Her uncle and aunt had given up everything, their home, friends and businesses just to protect her. If sabotaging her job would keep them safe, she would have to do it. She went to the mini kitchen and prepared his coffee. Alessandro had told her he preferred his coffee warm with lots of milk and no sugar.Lilian made the coffee steaming hot, put lots of sugar and little milk.She then put it on his table and went to sit at her desk.Some few minutes later, Alessandro entered the office."Good morning Mr Romano." Lilian stood up and greeted him."Good morning Miss Howard. Is my coffee ready?" he asked."Yes sir, it's on your table." she answered."Good."Lilian watched him go inside, she bit her lip guiltily as she thought about what
"Pleased to meet you, Mr Romano." Lilian said politely."Enough with the formalities, just call me Ricciardo." Ricciardo told her."I don't think that would be proper." Lilian replied."Awwn, you are just as cute as Con said.""You may go miss Howard." Alessandro told Lilian."Yes sir." Lilian replied and left."You are so damn polite brother." Ricciardo told his brother."It's called maintaining boundaries and being professional.""hmmm, funny how you don't maintain those boundaries with Rosa." Ricciardo remarked as he sat down."Seriously, what is your problem with Rosa?" Alessandro asked."Nothing, forget about it." Ricciardo replied.Lilian knocked on the door and entered. She dropped the cold water on the table."I am really sorry sir about the mix-up." she apologized again."Its okay. I need you to print out the Winston files from the files office. I will be needing it in a business meeting later.""Yes sir." Lilian replied and left the office."What's that about?" Ricciardo aske
Although being fired had been her plan, hearing it said out loud by Alessandro made Lilian feel strange. Especially when he looked so angry. Lilian wanted to plead for her job but when she pictured her family, she couldn't."Thank you sir for giving me this opportunity, I am really sorry things went this way, I will drop all my work things at the table. What about the clothes? How do I return them?" she asked Alessandro."Don't bother about the clothes." he told her."Thank you once again sir" Lilian told him.Ricciardo entered the office. "Good news! I was able to score us a new meeting with the Winston team. Lilian schedule it in his planner, it's next week Monday." he told Lilian."There will be no need for that, miss Howard is no longer my secretary." Alessandro informed him."Huh? Why?" he asked confused."I will be taking my leave now." Lilian said and left the brothers alone in the office."Alessandro, what the hell?" Ricciardo asked
"Greetings children, take your seats." the leader of the elder council replied.The siblings sat down obediently."You said you wanted to see us about an urgent matter?" Alessandro asked them."Yes, it's about the matter we told you at the last pack meeting." the elder replied."What matter?" Alessandro asked."The matter of you siblings mating.""Okay, so what about it?" Ricciardo asked."As you know, we have wanted to build connections with other packs for a while now. Especially those packs in the country side." the elder replied."Okay?" Constanza asked impatiently, she couldn't wait for the meeting to be over, she had better things to do than to sit down listening to some old people."Patience my dear! One of the way such connections are made is through marriage. We are pleased to inform all that we have found a match for Constanza here." the elder revealed."A match?" Constanza asked."Yes, there is an Alpha who doesn't have a mate. The werewolf council over there is interested
Alessandro unlocked his office door and went in. He went straight to the mini bar and poured himself a drink. He gulped it down immediately, the fiery taste of the alcohol burning his throat.His mind replayed what had happened earlier in the pack house. He yelled and threw the glass at the wall. The glass shattered immediately.'What had he done? How could he let himself be so angry? They were his siblings, they were his family, not pack members he could use the Alpha command on.He knew they wouldn't forgive him for this and to be honest, neither could he forgive himself. He didn't know what to do.He went to his drawers and brought out the picture again."What do I do Jennie? How do I solve this?" he asked, he got no response, he stood up and poured himself another glass of alcohol.He spent his night in the office drinking and working before going home in the wee hours of the morning.Some days after........Lilian was at home watching cartoons with Lavender when her phone rang, s