Office Romance with a Werewolf - Chapter 118

“Hey, won’t your manager be looking for you?” Nida asked.

“I’m fine. I can just tell them I was out of inspection. ” Randell nonchalantly responded, checking on Nida’s face to check her foundation if it was not cakey anymore.

“Don’t worry about him; he won’t get kicked out of CTC. Focus more on your interview. You worked hard to prepare for this. ” Ranz said while he brushed Nida’s sleeve to make sure there was no lint or crease on it.

“Okay, fine. But aren’t we attracting too much attention?” She asked as she felt chilled from the eyes that kept looking at them because they were twin handsome men taking care of her as if it was her first day of school.

They were in the parking lot of the company she chose to try her luck and skill, and the two were here to cheer her on.

She appreciated their effort, but she still felt awkward about it.

“W-well, then I’ll be going.” She hurriedly walks away from the two.

“Good luck!”

“You can do it!”

Ranz and Randell shouted before she could enter the building.

“You’ve got some wonderful supporters out there.” A guy in his suit acts friendly and talks to Nida.

“Ah, they helped me a lot with preparing, so I wish to do well here.” She awkwardly responded.

“Well, then good luck to us.” The guy smiled brightly, and they went inside the applicant’s lobby together.

“Wow! Seriously? How many people want to apply?” Nida was amazed by the number of applicants waiting in the lobby.

“This is a big company, so what else do we expect? Too bad, I guess only ten percent of the people here would probably get hired. ”

“I hope one of those is us.”

“Yes, I hope so too. ” The guy can’t hide his nervousness after seeing the crowd full of aspirants.

“Good morning.” An HR personnel went into the front of the lobby and all the applicants’ attention was on her.

“There is a surprise examination before the actual interview, so please form a line and follow that guy in the black shirt.” The HR pointed her hand near the door. “He will guide you all to the testing area.”

The crowd started to murmur because the test was unexpected. They thought they were all called for a panel interview and had never heard of a test.

“Excuse me?” The guy raised his hand to get the attention of the HR personnel.

“Yes, sir?”

“We had already taken a written exam before we were called for an interview. What is the purpose of this other test?” He politely asked.

“The first written exam was to screen applicants who deserved to go on to the next level. This other test is just a simple test that will be used for the interview later.”

“Okay, thanks.”

After hearing the HR explanation, everyone followed the man in the black t-shirt and they entered a large room that could accommodate twenty applicants to take the test while the other twenty applicants went to the other room.

Inhale

Exhale

“Ranz taught me how to answer written questions. I’ll be fine.” She calms herself by thinking of all the things Ranz taught her.

“You may now start. Good luck.” After the cue, everyone flipped the test paper at the same time.

“Huh? Why is this so easy?” Nida’s nervousness starts to fade away after reading the questions. They’re simple arithmetic and English grammar questions.

“Is this about speed?” She sneakily looked around and saw that the others were not even moving their pens.

“What are they doing? Aren’t they going to finish the test?” She wondered for a moment, but she was determined to get this job, so she finished the test without minding her surroundings.

“Huh? What’s this?” She read the last question of the test and wondered if she needed to comply with it.

That last item says: after answering this test paper, stand up, clap your hands three times, and proudly shout your name.

“This is too embarrassing to do!” she panicked, and looked around.

“Why is no one doing this yet? Are they not done answering their test yet?”

She grips her pen tightly before deciding to do it.

“I need to overcome this!” She stood up and clapped her hand three times, just like the paper instructed her to do.

“NIDA MILDEA!” she shouted proudly, but everyone loudly laughed after she did it.

“W-why? Did I do it wrong?” She asked after being confused by the laughter and strange gaze of the other applicants.

“Ms. Nida Mildea, great job at shouting your name.” the HR personnel said with her professional smile.

“T-thanks.” She awkwardly replied, “I still don’t get why everyone was laughing.” She then walked to the front to give the paper to the HR personnel because she was done with it.

“You can have that, Ms. Mildea.”

“Huh? The test paper?” She tilted her head, confused as to why the HR didn’t take her test paper.

“You can now get out since you’re done with the test.”

“Okay, thanks.”

Nida went out of the testing room, still confused about what had just happened.

She held onto the test paper and expected that someone outside would take it from her, but the hallway was empty.

“What should I do with this?” She was about to go back inside the testing room again, but she froze after reading the first paragraph of the test questionnaire.

It says:

Do not answer any of the questions or do anything else that the paper will require of you. Leave everything blank.

“T-they laughed because I was stupid?” she realized late.

She silently walked out of the building, trying to process her situation.

“Why didn’t I read the instructions?” she asked herself, feeling really embarrassed about what she had done.

“I am the only one who didn’t read the instructions!” She messes up her hair that Randell works hard to fix and doesn’t care if the clothes that Ranz worked hard to prepare get creased.

She then crouchs down in the middle of the path, ignoring everything else.

Her face and neck turned red from embarrassment.

“I haven’t done the interview yet, but I failed!” She starts to cry. She is embarrassed and disappointed in herself.

“Hey, you’re wearing a skirt!” Ranz pulled her up from crouching.

“I failed!” she cried.

She was embarrassed because she had become a laughing stock in front of many strangers, but she was more ashamed after facing the two people who had really worked hard to help her get a job.

“I’m sorry! I failed!”

“Hey, hey, calm down. It’s okay to fail. There are still a lot of other companies we can try.”

“Yes, this is only your first try. Maybe this place is not for you. There is a better place for you.”

The two worked hard to comfort her and calm her down, but Nida continued to cry, smudging her make-up.

“Oh my, calm down.” Randell tries to wipe out her make-up while Ranz helps her blow her nose.

“Let’s go and eat. Food is the best comfort.” Ranz said, grabbing her hand so that they could walk back to their car.

“You can tell us where you want to eat. It’s our treat.” Randell holds onto her other hand and they walk together, holding each other’s hand.

Nida feels comforted by the two handsome guys.

“I want beer.”

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“Wuuhaaa! This beer tastes good!” Nida exclaimed loudly after downing the beer in one gulp.

“Hey, slow down. You’ll get drunk fast.” Randell tried to stop her.

They had a hard time looking for a place to eat and buy beer because it was still nine in the morning.

The only place they could buy beer at this hour was a convenience store, and the people were staring at them weirdly because the three of them had been out too early in the morning.

The two didn’t want to drink, but Nida insisted on joining her.

“Are you embarrassed by me too?” She was about to cry again, but Ranz shoved another beer into her mouth.

“Who’s embarrassed? I am so proud of you! Cheer?” Ranz talked loudly, much the same as with Nida.

“Cheer!” Nida became cheerful after seeing Ranz drinking well with her.

“Randell, K.J.” she pouted.

(KJ stands for kill joy.)

“Let him be. Let’s just enjoy each other and let the beer wash away your frustrations.”

“All right! Randell, buy us more beer!”

“Yeah!”

The two loudly laugh like maniacs.

Randell just let out a sigh, watching them. He just let them drink the ten cans of beer he bought, but suddenly he felt iffy after seeing a police mobile stop in front of the convenience store.

“Hey, hey, behave for a moment.” He tapped Ranz’s shoulder to stop him from singing a children’s song with Nida.

“KJ.”

“Yep, that’s KJ.”

“I know, but I feel like you should behave for a moment.”

“Excuse me.” Randell flinched without noticing the police officer was already standing at their back.

“Ah yes sir?” he asked.

“May I invite you three to the police station?” the police officer politely asked.