Office Romance with a Werewolf - Chapter 112
“Since you’re here anyway, why won’t you come inside and end things with CTC properly?” Randell suggested before he got off the car.
Nida will be borrowing Randell’s car, which is why she’s dropping him off at CTC.
“No thanks. I don’t want to see them. I don’t feel happy staying there.” She waved her hand and gestured to Randell to hurry and get off.
“Maaadddaaaamm!”
A lean guy in his brown suit stuck his face to the wind shield, trying to look inside the car.
“See? This asshole is another reason I don’t plan to go back. ” She pointed her finger at Rudy, the former genie.
“Get off, hurry.”
Randell let out a sigh and got off the car.
“Maaadaaaam, where are you going?” Rudy blocked the door where Randell went out and peaked inside the car.
“Damn, Rudy! Let go of the door!” Nida shouted.
“Madam! You’re not going to work here anymore? I haven’t served you well yet! ”
“No need to serve me!” she rejected, and that made Sir Rudy back down.
“Ah, right! You can still use your powers, right? ”
“Yes, Madam.”
“Don’t ask me why, but let me ask you a favor.”
Rudy’s eyes sparkled once he heard he would get a chance to pay back Nida.
“Anything for you, madam!”
“Stick around with Randell and keep him out of trouble.”
“Rodger! I’ll protect him with my life!” Rudy stood straight and made a snappy salute.
“Your life? Don’t exaggerate. Just accompany him.”
“Hey, Nida. I don’t need it,” Randell interjected, troubled with the arrangement Nida was making.
“No. You need it. I’ll be going. Take care of him. ”
“Yes, madam!”
Nida smiled and drove the car away.
Nida and Ranz were just silent inside the car while she continued to drive to their destination.
“Thanks.” Ranz briefly spoke to her after they entered a parking area.
“Hmmm? Fow what? ”
“Just thank you.” Ranz shyly shouted, and got off the car, leaving Nida inside.
“Hey, where are you going? You don’t even know the way.” Nida ran after him and teasingly poked his side. “You’re turning red again. Are you really fine? ”
“I’m fine.” He tried to cover his face again with his arms, but Nida pulled one of his arms and tugged him.
“This way, let’s go.”
Feeling Nida’s touch, Ranz blushed even more.
Ranz can’t focus on where they are going because he is very distracted by their hands holding together.
“Let’s hold hands until we pass this alley.” Nida said, after noticing that Ranz was staring at their hands.
Ranz stopped looking at their hands and looked around to where they were crossing.
It’s a shabby alley filled with shady people loitering around the long alley.
“Why are we here? Where are we going?” he asked.
“We will get your ID and other documents forged here.”
“Huh? How did you find out about this place? Don’t tell me you really don’t finish your BSBA? ”
“Of course, my diploma is real. I just know this. Don’t ask. ” Nida looked upset with Ranz’s question that made him shut up again.
Nida really did finish her bachelor’s, but her parents were expecting too much from their emotionally damaged child. That made Nida buy some fake certificates for her parents to stop bothering her.
“We are here.” Nida let go of Ranz’s hand and entered a barber’s shop.
“Manong, we will be using the CR.” Nida asked the barber.
“Sure.” Nida simply went inside the toilet as the old barber smiled from ear to ear.
“W-wait? Are we going in together? I will wait for you outside.” Ranz nervously stated after Nida pushed him inside the one-square-meter toilet.
They cramped together in the small space, pushing each other’s bodies together.
“Just be quiet and behave.”
Nida closed the door and pressed a switch on the side.
Brrrrrrrr
“Huh? We are going up!” Ranz commented. He could feel the toilet moving upward.
Ding!
An arrival gong rings once they arrive at the top of the building.
“This place beats the dark attributes of supernatural beings.” Ranz commented once the door opened.
“Yes, humans are physically weak, but they can be wicked more than you imagine.”
Ranz swallowed his saliva and followed behind Nida.
The entrance to the floor where the elevator took them is like a play area for adults.
Some play cards and billiards.
Some are drinking booze.
Some are puffing smoke.
Some are making out in the bright room.
They just walked past this bizarre place, and soon they entered a hallway that was filled with different offices.
“You came here alone?”
“No, I came with my ex.”
“Ex?” Ranz pulled Nida’s sleeve, shocked by what she had said, and slowly let go of it after he felt embarrassed with his reaction.
“I was just kidding.”
Knock, knock, knock,
Nida knocks on the door, and a cheerful-looking guy welcomes them.
“Oh, it’s been a long time since you last visited! Does your father insist on your marriage? I can forge marriage licenses now! ”
“What’s the use of a marriage license if I can’t show them a man?” Nida went inside its office and sat comfortably on the couch.
“What tea do you have?” she asked the secretary.
“Oh, I only have black tea.”
“That’s fine.” The secretary smiled and went to the pantry to make Nida tea.
Ranz followed and stood behind the couch where Nida was sitting.
“Madam, we have new business now. You can get a man from us. Just tell me your type. You can use them as slaves. ” The cheerful-looking guy rubbed his arm, trying to impress Nida.
“Human trafficking? Aren’t you falling even deeper? ”
“Thank you for your concern, madam, but that’s how our business path goes.”
“Okay, do whatever you want.”
“So? What’s your business with us? ”
“This is Ranz Lobo. He is an alien. He needs an ID, a birth certificate, and a college diploma. ”
“Oh, that’s easy. What degree did he want?”
Nida looked up to Ranz to let him answer the question.
“Business administration,” he briefly stated.
Nida tilted her head, wondering why he said the same degree as her instead of his degree, which he finished using Randell’s body.
“Are you sure? Not a degree in occupational health and safety? ”
“I want to try new things.” He said although his real concern is that his degree is too hazardous and that he can’t do the same job with his weak body.
“Oh okay, please take care of him. ”
While Ranz was being dragged inside a room by the cheerful-looking guy, her tea arrived.
“Don’t worry much. It won’t take long.”
Ranz was taken inside a studio-type room with a set to take his ID picture.
After that, he was interviewed about what details he wanted to write on his birth certificate. His fingerprints and retina were also taken into account.
“The preparation was all done. Mr. Ranz Lobo will soon have his identity. ” The cheerful-looking guy enthusiastically stated this after they went out of the room.
“Oh, okay, how many hours shall we wait? ”
“It’s only an hour, madam. Here we have snacks and a magazine.” The cheerful-looking man walked away from them and returned to his studio.
“Are you sure this is fine?”
“Of course it is.” Nida opened a bag of chips and comfortably laid on the couch.
“What if someone caught us forging?”
“No one will catch us. I can’t tell you the details, but even if you show your ID to the authorities, they will think it is valid. Don’t worry. They are excellent at their job.”
“Nida.”
“What?”
“Really, how did you find this place?”
“Not telling you.”
Nida feels awkward once Ranz keeps his gaze on her.
“What? Is it ironic that a public servant and a well-known politician’s daughter know this dark place? ”
“No, I just can’t figure out how you ended up here.”
“Why feel sorry?”
“Yes.”
The room became silent and continued to be in that suffocating state until the cheerful-looking guy went out of his studio again.
“All done!” he handed an envelope to Nida, and she checked it before putting it inside her bag.
“Okay, very good. Thanks for this.”
“No problem, madam. Please come back whenever you want.” The cheerful-looking guy and his secretary respectfully bow down to Nida.
“Okay.” She waved her hand and opened the door to leave.
“Let’s go, Ranz, we still have a lot of things to do.”
“Okay, ugh!”
Ranz rushed out of the door, but he bumped into someone and fell on his butt. The guy he bumped into was not even bothered.
“Oh, why are you with a weak guy?” A bulky guy loudly greeted Nida, ignoring Ranz on the floor.
Note:
Manong – is used to title an older brother, an older male cousin, or an older male relative in an extended family. The feminine “manang” is a term given to an older sister. This phrase can also be used to refer to a stranger.
“Ranz is an alien..” An alien means a resident who was born elsewhere and is not a citizen of the country in which he or she now lives.