Office Romance with a Werewolf - Chapter 126

“What’s wrong with her?” Ranz asked after watching Randell’s officemate runaway.

“It’s your fault. You scared her away.  Randell shook his head in disbelief at what had occurred. “Anyway, what do you need for Sir Daniel?”

“I forgot to help him with cleaning up. He might be angry at me.” Nida replied while she looked around to see if she would ever see Daniel.

“There he is!” Nida shouted, seeing Daniel sneaking away from them.

“Hey! Daniel! Why are you avoiding me?” Nida shouted and ran after Daniel, who was already exiting the lobby.

Ranz and Randell ran after her and went out of the building.

“He’s gone?” Ranz asked after seeing Nida out alone. She looked annoyed and openly spreading her dust around.

“Hey, Nida. There are a lot of supernatural beings here!” Randell warned her.

“Let me catch Daniel first.” She said, with a frown. “Ah, you too, go home first. He might be shy with the two of you.”

Nida didn’t wait for their response and used her dust to fly.

Ran and Randell just watched her disappear.

“I am not done with my work yet. Are you going home alone?” Randell asked Ranz.

“No. Since I am already here, I’ll meet with Wendell. Is he at his office?” Ranz said while fixing his long hair that was messed up by the wind created by Nida’s dust.

“Ah, right. He was looking for you.” Randell clapped his hand, remembering his conversation with Wendell at his office. “Let’s go and check.”

“Aren’t you going to ask why?” Ranz peered into Randell’s face, but his question was only responded to with a shrug.

“Well, feel free to ask anything. Despite the fact that we have separate bodies, nothing has changed.” Ranz assured Randell, then followed him into the office building again.

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“Sir Daniel…” Nida nonchalantly called out Daniel’s name after cornering Daniel with her dust. They had a little game of tag before she caught Daniel in a small alley very far from the CTC.

“Since when did you fully learn how to use your dust?” Daniel asked.

Nida became stronger after she met the world tree, which made him wonder what the cost of acquiring more strength is.

“The world tree is too generous to give me too much knowledge and power to survive in this damn world.” Nida casually responds and walks closer to Daniel. “But Danny boy, why are you avoiding me?” She asked.

She knows that it’s her mistake for leaving everything to Daniel and not checking on him ever since. However, she expected Daniel to come to her and scold her instead of intentionally avoiding her.

“You have two wolves. What do you need me for?” Daniel pushed Nida away and forced his way through Nida’s dust that was blocking his way. However, the dust is like a solid wall that doesn’t permit Daniel to pass through.

“Oh, are you jealous?” She teased Daniel.

She was in the wrong, but she can’t help but tease Daniel, especially since he is currently acting cute in Nida’s opinion.

“Jealous?” Daniel made a disgusted expression towards Nida. “I am only saying, that now that you have tamed two wolves, you won’t need me anymore. I know you only approach me when you just need me.”

Nida furrowed her brows and looked at Daniel with a disappointed expression. “Is that how you see me?” But Daniel just scoffed at her reaction.

“What? I am not wrong. Tell me about our relationship? Am I just a push-over? You only see me when you need something. You only call me when you have a problem. You only think of me when you are in trouble. The truth is, you’re the only one gaining something from me. Why must I keep you company? You only brought me trouble.”

Nida was stunned by everything Daniel mentioned. She can’t refute his statement because what Daniel said was the truth. She tries to think about what she really did for Daniel, but she cannot think of anything. Rather, the things Daniel did for her are too many to count.

Now that she thinks about it, Daniel and Ranz’s working together was not a direct betrayal to her because they only worked for the betterment of the other supernatural beings. She felt stupid for getting angry when she learned it first. After thinking thoroughly, Daniel hadn’t done anything to harm her and had been helping her since then.

She felt guilty for trying to harm him just because she was unreasonably angry.

Nida wanted to hit herself for realizing it too late and for almost harming him by unintentionally taking advantage of Daniel’s kindness.

“Speechless? Think about this: do you even know me? Nida.” Daniel had a bitter smile while looking down at her. She was the one cornering Daniel, but with his intimidating gaze and dark aura, their positions were switched.

“D-Daniel I was wrong.” She replied in a feeble voice.

“I’m leaving.” Daniel tapped the silver dust wall that Nida created and gestured for Nida to stop blocking his way.

“No!” Nida shouted and grabbed Daniel’s arm, which Daniel immediately swung his hand to shake off Nida.

“Get away!” he shouted in disgust.

“No! Daniel, I’m sorry for taking you for granted! From now on, I will treat you like a gem!” Nida refused to get away from Daniel’s arms. She stubbornly held on to him and was determined to make up for her wrongdoing.

“Even now you are teasing me? You are never serious!” Daniel angrily shouted and slowly released his divine powers. He doesn’t plan to use his power against Nida, but Nida’s behavior is making him angrier.

“I am not teasing you! Please forgive me. I was wrong!” Nida noticed Daniel’s power and held her silver dust on standby as well.

“Ha! Are you really apologizing?” Daniel commented, as he also noticed Nida’s dust getting ready.

“Your dark aura is scaring me! Of course, my safety is my priority.” Nida honestly responded, but she remained clinging onto Daniel’s arms.

Shhhh…

Bang!

A loud, striking sound echoes through the small alley.

Nida flinched at what Daniel did, but calmly brushed her hair afterward. She jumped away from Daniel due to her reflex to avoid the strike. She tried not to show any reaction after Daniel attacked her, even though internally she was startled and scared. She trusted that Daniel would remain harmless to her and was just trying to scare her off.

Daniel squinted his eyes while looking down at Nida and said, “While you were missing, I promised myself to stop caring about you. So get lost.”

“Is there really no other way for me to make up for my mistake?” Nida asked gloomily.

“Yes, get lost.” Daniel said coldly, which made Nida lose strength to hold the dust wall still blocking Daniel.

“Okay, s-sorry.” Nida said remorsefully, but Daniel just walked away and didn’t even look back at her.

Nida was left in the small alley watching Daniel’s back walking away from her.

“Are you comforting me?” she asked her dust that was swirling around her after breaking the large wall they had formed. “This is strange. I usually cry easily, but now I don’t feel anything.” Nida touched her chest and thought whether she had turned stone or whether her relationship with Daniel was not that important to her.

After strolling around while wondering whether she should run after Daniel or just cut their friendship just like that, she ended up back at her apartment, expecting to see Ranz and Randell at home.

“Where are they?” she wondered and dialed Ranz’s number.

/The number you have dialed is either unattended or out coverage area. Please try your call later/

Nida could not reach Ranz, which is why she contacted Randell next.

“Where are you?” Nida asked after Randell answered the call almost instantly.

Randell has never left his phone unattended ever since the incident at Nida’s apartment happened.

He also repeatedly reminded Ranz to call him even with the smallest problem he could face.

“I am not out yet and I might overtime.”

“Ah right. I forgot about your work. What about Ranz? He is not home yet.”

“He is with Wendell.”

“Wendell? President? Why?” Nida feels iffy about this sudden meet up. Despite the fact that she is aware that Ranz is incapable of planning anything in his current state, She is certain that Ranz would prefer to remain hidden for the time being, as their bodies are still recovering from the loss of their werewolf powers.

“I don’t know. Wendell was looking for him, and Ranz just wanted to check on him. Ah, right. Ranz and Wendell worked together when I was not around. So they share a close relationship with each other.” Randell shared, thinking that Nida didn’t know about this fact.

“Is it not dangerous for him to meet with Wendell?” Nida sounded very concerned over the phone, which made Randell feel touched even though the concern was for his brother.

“Let’s trust Ranz.. He will be safe.”