"Who is she?" Lilian asked as she looked in the direction that Rosa had went.
"She is Alessandro's childhood best friend. She has always been narcissistic. You have to be careful with her, she is obsessed with him." Constanza warned."Obsessed?" Lilian asked."Yes obsessed, all the females in Alessandro's life including his past secretaries have all being victims of her." Constanza replied."I will be careful." Lilian assured her. Inwardly she smiled to herself, She was the queen of plotting, if this Rosa girl wanted to plot against her, she would have to teach her a lesson.They finished lunch and Lilian and Constanza went back to her office while Vera went back to her salon.They got to her office and Lilian changed into one of the outfits they had bought and did some light makeup."There you look so beautiful." Constanza gushed over her."Thanks for all your help." Lilian said."You are welcome, let's get together for lunch some time, okay?""Okay, I look forward to that."Lilian bade her goodbye and left the office. She headed to the car where Giovanni did a double take when he saw her."What is it?" she asked."You look very beautiful, miss Howard.""Thanks Giovanni and I would appreciate it if you called me by my name""Okay, you look beautiful Lilian""Thanks, shall we head back to the office now?""Of course"Giovanni opened the car and she entered inside.The car drove off, soon they were at the office."I will see you later Lilian." Giovanni told her."Okay."Lilian took a deep breath and walked into the building. Everyone was immediately attracted to her, she looked very beautiful and confident. They failed to realize that this stunning woman was the cleaner who had cleaned their floors for a month.She went to the elevator and pressed the button for the top floor. As the elevator door was about to close, someone suddenly held it.Rosa stepped into the elevator. She looked surprised to see Lilian.She stepped in and the elevator door closed behind her."You are Lilian right? I just saw you at the mall right?" she asked."Yes, we met earlier" Lilian replied."So what are you doing here?" she asked"I work here." Lilian answered."You work here?" Rosa echoed."Yes, I am Mr Romano's secretary.""You are Alessandro's secretary?" she asked."Yes I am.""Why didn't you tell me that earlier, he is my best friend." Rosa further questioned."I didn't think it was that important.""Why would you........." the opening of the elevator doors as they got to their destination put an end to any other questions Rosa would have asked.Lilian immediately bolted out to prevent any further questions from Rosa.She walked to the office briskly and Rosa was behind her.She knocked on the door lightly and the door swung open. She entered inside and Rosa followed her.Alessandro looked up from the documents in front of him."Hello Lilian, you look nice." he complimented her."Thanks Sir.""Alessandro, didn't you see me?" Rosa said with a whine and a pout that looked too cringey to Lilian."Hello Rosa, I was just about to say Hi" Alessandro said patiently."But you should have said hi to me first." Rosa insisted."Alright, I am sorry." he apologized.Lilian vaguely wondered if she had ever been that cringey. No wonder, people hated her, she thought to herself.Rosa passed her to sit down on the chair."I didn't know you had a new secretary." she told Alessandro."Well Lilian here has proved herself and I decided to employ her.""Or is it because she is a werewolf?" Rosa asked."Werewolf or not, I would have still employed her. And you know better than to use the word 'werewolf' carelessly." he scolded Rosa."I am sorry."Alessandro looked at Lilian who was standing by quietly."Your desk is outside Lilian, you can go sit down, I will send for you later to explain your responsibilities." he told her."Yes sir." Lilian replied."Lilian, can you get me some juice." Rosa said to Lilian before she left."Okay," Lilian replied and was about to leave."Won't you ask me what kind of juice I need?" Rosa asked.Lilian swallowed her annoyance."What kind of juice do you want?" Lilian asked."Grape juice would be okay." Rosa replied smugly."Okay." Lilian turned to leave."Won't you ask me what temperature I want the drink?" Rosa asked, stalling her again."What temperature do you want it?" she asked."Cold but not chilled, understood?" Rosa asked."That's enough Rosa." Alessandro said, a note of warning in his voice."What did I do wrong? I just wanted her to be sure of my drink" she asked in a coquettish voice.Alessandro ignored her and looked at Lilian."Just get her a glass of juice" he told her."Yes sir." Lilian replied and left.After Lilian left, Alessandro continued doing his work, ignoring Rosa who was seated in front of him."Alessandro you are ignoring me." she whined."I am not ignoring you Rosa, I am working, you understand that I need to work right?""I know but I am here now and you aren't paying attention to me, I won't even take much of your time.""Fine, how may I help you?" Alessandro said and closed the file in front of him to focus on her."How was your day?" she asked him."Fine, how was yours?""Okay better now that I have seen you.""So how is the project going?" he asked her."Fine, we are currently in the finishing stages.""You know that I am proud of you right?" he told her."And I am the one who should be thankful to you for conceding that contract to me." Rosa said.There was a huge contract which Rosa's father's company and Alessandro's company had been competing for. Alessandro had gladly given the contract to Rosa because of their friendship and she was deeply grateful for it.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
"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