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
Life changed drastically since Annie recommended Emily’s job application to the werewolves. Her steady presence took a load off everyone’s shoulders, and the shifters started relying more on her.Thanks to the improved education and change in the rowdy boys, Richard and Favian managed to get more sleep. Gradually, the company’s performance increased with the CEO and his secretary back in shape. Favian started flying to different branch offices around the country while Richard was seen attending more social functions. Emily stopped questioning if she was the right sitter for their family and took her job seriously, learning what she did not know and presenting lesson plans a week in advance to keep the busy guardians updated.The first time it happened, Richard felt terrible for Emily. Favian was away in a different state, and there was a
After spending yesterday off, Emily felt restless. Working was the meaning of her life. Having a day off with nobody to spend it with and no errands to run made Emily feel empty. The nursing graduate had no idea what she should do, and she found herself missing her students. Was Favian punishing them too strictly?The company’s welfare policy was great, and most people would appreciate the time to catch up on sleep and recuperate after a shocking turn of events. However, Emily was more concerned about the welfare of her students. According to Annie, who heard it from Richard, the boys were severely grounded for a week by a furious secretary who took the first plane back after hearing about the accident.Rolling around in bed, she checked the time. It was only nine in the morning, and the CEO would have started his day by now. The deep cut on her forearm d
“Hello!” Annie greeted with a huge smile. “Thank you for volunteering. The department is severely shorthanded without Mr Beowulf around.”Not expecting such an enthusiastic welcome, Emily flinched and plastered on a polite smile. She knew that Kendra sometimes came over to her room to share their off days and some dinner with stories about work. However, the caretaker still felt like a stranger in the office her boss worked at.“Good morning,” Emily returned the greeting as the HR manager dropped a huge stack of folders in her arms.Emily winced at the weight as the wound on her forearm stung. The enthusiastic HR manager saw her reaction and gasped in horror, apologising profusely for the damage she caused, but Emily reassured her that the wound did not reopen. Annie felt guilty,