Richard sulked, and Favian sighed. The CEO thought he would catch a glimpse of his newest caretaker, but he only saw his secretary and pups when the car arrived. Feeling exhausted as he climbed into the passenger seat, Richard became deadly silent even though he would normally ask about the pups’ day.
“Is something wrong?” Darren whispered to Ludwig. “Alpha isn’t talking today.”
The blond boy shrugged. It wasn’t uncommon for Richard to have those days. The full moon was also approaching, so that could be it. Richard’s inner wolf could be depressed at getting cooped in a building the whole time without anywhere to run freely. If they did not visit the hypermart today, they might have climbed the walls or jumped out of windows to keep those instincts suppressed.
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“Welcome back, young howlers!” A boyish voice boomed as soon as Richard got out of the car. “Did you manage to fully win over the future Luna?”The CEO was still helping Oliver out of his baby chair, but Darren and Ludwig were already telling the Fenrir about their valiant trip to the hypermart and ability to do chores. Favian simply ignored the teenage version of their guardian god and dragged his suitcase for unpacking. He left the casserole from earlier in Richard’s hands.“I see,” Ambrose grinned. “Even Favian approves of her!”Seeing Richard approaching them, the teenager demanded to know when he would bring her to the Blue Moon Mansion to officially introduce her to the pack.Unamused, Richard merely dropped the
Who was he trying to fool? Richard ended his last meeting with smiles at four in the afternoon, and his secretary reminded him about the appointment with Emily. Almost at once, the pleasant vibes vanished and became replaced with nervousness.Richard still recalled how it happened. His overly capable beta wolf was trying to play matchmaker, and Ambrose had a hand in it. Thanks to the full moon approaching, Favian snatched the opportunity to make Richard run errands with Emily, saying that the official father of his children should get to know his caretaker and future mate better.When Favian confirmed Emily’s schedule for the shopping trip and informed her that the boys had to stay home because their grandfather was visiting for a few days, the nice lady did not want to take any time off. Instead, Emily rejoiced at the extra time to plan her future lesson
Grabbing the trolley less dramatically without the boys, Emily and Richard slowly made their way down every aisle to gather the items on the long list. As everything was scattered in different sections, Emily proposed that they split up to find the items so that it was more efficient.“It’s alright,” Richard reassured her. “I’m not in a rush. If it gets late, we can get dinner before I send you back to the dormitory and drop the rest of the items at the side house.”Hearing how the CEO wanted to take their time, Emily felt slightly bad for rushing. She was too used to urging the boys to complete their assigned task by a certain deadline that she forgot who she was dealing with. Richard Taleman was a grown man who did not need to be managed.Blushing and escaping with the trolley,
“Good morning, Emma!” Oliver cheered. They had been away for a few days, but already, the boys missed their copper-haired caretaker.“Good morning, Oliver!” Emily greeted and was promptly tackled at her legs by the shortest kid.In a few days that their grandfather visited, Emily worked on improving the side house so that they could have their home lessons adequately conducted. The patch in the garden was cleared, the stationery supplies were rearranged, and a reading corner was created in one of the spare rooms upstairs. Most importantly, they had a few more child-friendly furniture for the children to use.Seeing how Oliver beat them to the punch, Ludwig and Darren sulked. They were tasked with carrying the gifts Ambrose prepared and could not afford to damage them. The Fenrir insiste
With Ludwig’s tutoring, the boys completed all their assignments in time for lunch. Emily occasionally walked over to give the boys some pointers. Oliver’s grip on the pencil was getting better, but he still kept colouring outside the lines. Emily taught him how to colour slowly closer to the edge of the lines before filling the colour on the inside of the picture. At the same time, she taught the young child how to shift the paper’s angle and colour in different directions to speed up his colouring progress.Ludwig was reading a book when he wasn’t helping his brothers with homework. He also sharpened the dulled pencils for Oliver and Darren, earning praise from Emily. The home tutor challenged Ludwig to find five words with meanings he did not know from the book to write down. She knew that the blond child was smart and taught him to use the internet to facilitate his learning. Th
Receiving a text from Emily during working hours started becoming normal for the busy secretary. Hence, he ignored the first text from the caretaker. They were in a meeting with the managers of the company.However, when his phone kept going off non-stop with Ludwig sending him messages, the shifter in him knew that something was wrong at once.“And now, I shall pass the time to Richard to let everyone know the direction for our next six months.”The change was so abrupt that many managers showed concern for the secretary, who dropped everything onto the CEO and excused himself to make a call.After checking his email and messaging app, Favian did not know who to call first. He read Emily’s text spam and realised that something huge had happened. It sou
Dressed in little gardening hats, gardening gloves and little green gardening boots, the boys stood in the garden holding up spades, watering cans and rakes.“Smile for the camera!” Emily grinned and snapped a picture. This would be an adorable addition to the collection of their growing years that the CEO and his secretary could look back on.After getting dressed for their late afternoon gardening, the shifters looked at each other. They smelled like Emily now with this outfit. The smell of wet soil felt more natural to them. It was as if they were taken back to the forest behind Blue Moon Mansion, and their excitement could barely be concealed.“You look funny,” Oliver commented to Ludwig, who struggled to keep the hat out of his eyes.“Y
“If you don’t feel qualified to be these boys’ tutor, I don’t think there would be a more suitable candidate,” Favian sighed over the phone after receiving Emily’s new report about the boys.As it turned out, Ludwig was the brain type of werewolf. His ability wasn’t rare among the shifter community, but it was one of a kind in the human society. As for Oliver’s marksmanship, it was rather surprising. Most would display talents among the shifter community like Darren’s or Ludwig’s. Shifters were primarily close combatants. Ranged combatants and magicians were rarer and were usually assigned the roles of scouts or shamans.Richard’s magic abilities were slightly higher than other wolves, and Oliver’s talent was the first they’d seen in three hundred years. If Ambrose learned about