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 he was about to drink.Lilian sat down and waited for him to call her, she wasn't disappointed as the phone on her desk rang. She picked up the call."Get in here now." he said in a very dark tone.Lilian gulped at his tone, "Yes sir, I am coming."Lilian stood up and went to his office door, she knocked on the door and it opened. She took a deep breath and entered the room.Alessandro was sitting at his desk, a murderous look on his face, if looks could kill, Lilian would be dead already."Yes sir, you asked for me.""Miss Howard, I remember telling you how I liked my coffee yesterday, didn't I?""Yes you did sir." Lilian answered."How did I say I liked it?" Alessandro asked her."Steaming hot, lots of sugar and little milk." Lilian answered.Alessandro stared at her in shock. "Miss Howard, that's isn't what I told you." he told her."It isn't?" Lilian asked, feigning shock."It isn't. I said, I liked my coffee warm, no sugar or sweetener and a lot of milk""Oh no! I am so sorry sir, I must have mixed it up in my head. My brain does that sometimes."Alessandro gave her the coffee mug. "Dispose of this and get me cold water to cool my tongue.""You don't want another coffee sir?""No, I don't want another coffee"The office door opened and someone walked in. Lilian looked at the new comer and gasped in shock. The new comer looked identical to her boss. Except where her boss had neatly combed brown hair, this person had long dark curls that tempted one to entangle fingers in them."Hey! You must be the new secretary" the newcomer said, his eyes twinkling in mischief."Yes I am." Lilian answered."I am Ricciardo Romano, your boss twin brother." he introduced himself.Lilian looked at the two handsome brothers and concluded that the universe was just unfair to have blessed the both of them with such good looks."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
Alessandro was relieved when he saw that Ricciardo had left. He looked at the screen in front of him to be sure that he had left.A CCTV camera was in front of his door so he always knew who was at the door.He continued doing his work, he didn't have the energy to deal with Ricciardo today.He got a call from the receptionist that the Winston team were here, he stood up from his desk so he could head to the meeting room.He came out of the office and to his surprise, Ricciardo was seated on the secretary's chair waiting for him."You are still here." he said tiredly."Yes I am still here" Ricciardo said as he stood up."I am not in the mood for your trouble." Alessandro said as he headed to the meeting room."I am not here for trouble" Ricciardo said as he followed him. "So what are you here for then? I am not changing my mind about my order.""I know and I not here to talk about that.""So why are you here?" Alessandro asked impatiently.Ricciardo drew him into a side room by the m
Alessandro sneered at him as he knelt down."So you are capable of begging? Who would have thought?" he asked the team leader."I am sorry for being so arrogant." he apologized."is that the only thing you are sorry for?" Alessandro asked."What do you mean?" he asked in confusion."What about when you framed my secretary up for something she didn't do?" Alessandro asked him.The team leader's face paled when Alessandro said this. "How did you know about this?" he asked. ''You are surprised? I thought the vact that my secretary was probably a slut who warmd my bed was supposed to be public knowledge." Alessandro further questioned. "How... How do you know all thus?" the team leader questioned in a stuuter. "maybe your team isn't as leak proof as you thought." Alessandro told him. The team leader turned around to look at his team suspiciously. "Which of you did this?" he asked.The team tried to persuade him that none of them said anything but he couldn't be persuaded."just wait
"Well sir, it's like you said, I didn't want to argue with you, that's why I accepted the blame." Lilian had no choice than to go with what he said."I am so sorry I blamed you unjustly and fired you. I should have trusted you more. Please forgive me."Lilian was confused on what to do. Alessandro really sounded sincere with his apology and if she was being sincere to herself, she loved working with him as well."Please Miss Howard, I really need someone like you by my side." Alessandro pleaded with her."if I come back to work with you, there is going to be some new changes." Lilian told him."What changes?" he asked."First of all, all this miss Howard thing is very tiring, my name is Lilian. And I don't want Giovanni coming to pick me up early in the morning or drop me off, I am a grown woman, I can make my way to work and back home by myself.""Is that all?" Alessandro asked."Yes sir.""Then all the sir stuff and Mr Romano thing must end too. My name is Alessandro.""But I can't
The next morning, Lilian was one of the first people to resume work. She didn't want to be late on her first day back.She got to Alessandro's office and to her surprise he was already in."Good morning Lilian." he said when she entered his office with the coffee."Good morning Alessandro." she replied and handed him the coffee.She watched as he took a tentative sip first before fully drinking it."The coffee is perfect." he told her."Thanks a lot sir." she replied."You are welcome.""So what is your schedule for today sir?" she asked."Well first things first, I have to register your fingerprint so you can open my door yourself." he said as he handed her a finger print scanner so she could put her fingers.Lilian obeyed his instructions and placed her fingers, one after the other on the scanner."Good, you are registered already. Now this is your work tablet." he handed her a tablet."My calendar is there, now i only have three meetings today, two will be held here in the company,