Office Romance with a Werewolf - Chapter 139

“Why did you prepare a lot of food?” Nida couldn’t believe her eyes and blinked multiple times.

Ranz followed her to the kitchen and said, “You told me we were going to eat dinner together. That is why.”

“You cooked this all?” Nida asked as her jaw dropped, which Ranz responded with a nod.

“Are you flexing your money? This is a week’s worth of meals!” Nida exclaimed while getting upset at how Ranz wasted money when she was on the verge of bankruptcy because of supernatural creatures.

“I thought you would like it. Sorry.” Ranz apologized and made Nida feel a little guilty for being mean. She doesn’t tell him, but she appreciates the effort.

“Just next time, cook enough for the three of us.” Nida, one by one, had the taste of the food. “You did well.” She honestly complimented the food. Ranz and Randell were good cooks, but Ranz was much more expert.

Ranz smiled again after seeing Nida taste his cooking.

“Did you already eat it?” Nida asked while there was still food in her mouth. She only took one bite at each menu because she already had her fill from the dinner Elise prepared.

“I have not yet,” Ranz replied, while enjoying watching Nida eat.

“Then take a seat. It’s a bit overwhelming to see a lot of food in front of you, so let’s take some enough for you to eat, then throw the rest here.” Nida served Ranz his food. Nida separates enough menus to fill Ranz, then tosses the food inside her spatial spell.

The tikbalang didn’t eat anything since she locked them inside her dimension. She doesn’t know if they are still surviving from hunger and just halfheartedly sent them the food Ranz cooked.

Ranz knows what Nida is doing and just lets her be. “Aren’t you going to eat?”

“I actually ate at my workmate’s house. The important thing is that I tasted your cooking.” Nida sat across from Ranz and gestured with her hand to make Ranz start eating.

“You’re just going to watch me eat?”

“Yep. You might go back to being dramatic and won’t finish it all alone, so I’ll watch you first to make sure you have your fill.”

Ranz didn’t say anything and awkwardly lifted his utensils.

“Anyway, Ranz, where’s Randell?”

“Ah, he is sleeping already. He’s already eaten dinner, so don’t worry.”

“I don’t think he is sleeping.” Nida looked at the twin’s bedroom direction and stared at the door as if she could see through it.

“Remember, my dust is my eyes and this is my house.” Nida said, and later, the bedroom door opened.

“Why can’t you just act like you didn’t know that I was awake?” Randell speaks after joining them in the kitchen.

“Then why are you looking emo inside? What’s wrong?” Nida asked. She doesn’t know why the twins have the habit of getting gloomy as she feels funny that she has become the twins’ therapist.

“E-emo?” Randell was flustered and avoided Nida and Ranz’s gaze.

“Why? What is he doing inside?” Ranz asked Nida curiously, but Randell panicked and took the spoon and started feeding Ranz.

“Just eat it! Don’t mind me!” Randell was having an existential crisis inside his room, and like Nida said, he was acting emo. He was so empty that he began to wonder if he was even a living person because, after further becoming alone in his body, he felt as if Ranz was the one who truly made his life as Randell.

Nida didn’t talk more and just watched the twin bickering in front of her, pushing the spoon at one another.

“Come to think of it, none of you answered my question.” Nida suddenly had a thought and looked at the twin.

“What question?” Ranz and Randell asked in unison.

“Whom I really dated before.” Even if she knew exactly the sequence of the events, including the altered memories, Nida asked. She knows the answer but still wonders when the answer will come out of Ranz and Randell’s mouths.

“Me.”

“Randell”

The two replied at the same time again.

“Oh?” Nida was surprised that they didn’t have a problem answering her. She suddenly thought maybe the two didn’t like her anymore and had no problem talking about this because they had moved on. However, the truth is that the two just know who it really was and accept the reality.

“How come?” When Nida asked to test them more, it was Randell who answered.

“Ranz is the one who is attracted to you first. He is the one who courted you and dated you for some time. When he had problems staying conscious inside me, I served as a proxy and loved you too.”

Nida’s ears felt tingly after hearing the word “love,” but she didn’t say anything and continued to listen to Randell.

“But it’s me when you came to CTC and until the tikbalang issue. It’s me.” Randell repeated the word “me” with a gloomy expression, which made Ranz tap Randell’s back as if he was comforting him.

Seeing how the two’s relationship is, Nida wonders one thing: are they okay with sharing one woman?

They actually shared relationships with each other and Nida, and she wondered how that was even fine.

“Then does anyone of you still see me romantically?” Nida honestly asked to clear things up and they won’t have any problems in the future.

She was expecting that at least one of them would say no and better yet, the two would say both no, but her expectation was wrong. The two slowly raised their hands.

“What? Why?” She frowned and got confused. “Isn’t everything we all experience making the two of you fall out of love?”

She thought the three of them were just friends with benefits. It’s more like the benefit of shielding each other from each other. It’s Nida’s turn to protect the twins from getting into danger in their weak state, while the twins protect Nida from their connection to the wolf so that they won’t bother her again. But more importantly, she had a free maid and driver.

“How about you?” Randell asked back.

“I don’t see you romantically anymore, Randell.” Nida replied without hesitation. She blatantly rejected Randell, which made him slump over.

Ranz pitied Randell for getting rejected, but he was also curious about his own status in Nida’s heart and asked, “How about me?”

“You? I don’t know.” Nida answered vaguely, which made the two look at Nida with surprise. Ranz couldn’t rejoice in front of Randell while Randell was feeling worse because Ranz had received a different answer.

“What do you mean, you don’t know? Don’t give me false hope.” Ranz narrowed his gaze, looking at her suspiciously, suspecting her that she was making fun of Ranz’s emotions.

“I’m telling the truth. I don’t know. Sometimes I want to kill you. Sometimes I want to kiss you. So I don’t know.” Nida said with her stoic expression, but internally, she could not control her heart to calm down. She’s been thinking about this. She wonders what she feels toward Ranz, but she always ends up with more questions than answers. Sadly, in the case of Randell, the answer is too clear. She can’t deny that she doesn’t have anything to do with him. She feels bad since they also dated, but she doesn’t want to give him false hope.

“Ah, sometimes I want to rape you, so be careful.” Nida teasingly said to calm her heart. Ranz just responded with a frown, while Randell’s gloomy expression disappeared.

“Ranz, you really should be careful. Nida has a fetish for nipples!” Randell loudly shared something that made Nida blush and jolt from her seat, but she stopped herself before she could spit out her grumbling.

“W-why are you crying?” Nida asked Randell, who was trying to hide his face. He was talking about Nida’s fetish, but then suddenly he was tearing up. Is Randell the only bipolar among them?

“Hey bro!? What’s wrong?” Ranz panicked and tried to comfort him.

“Why? What’s wrong? I was dumped, of course!” Randell cried out. The emotion sinks into him late.

Ranz was speechless, while Nida had a short laugh.

Randell uncovered his face and looked at Nida.

“You’re making fun of me.”

“No, I am not.” Nida walked closer to Randell and wiped his tears away, saying, “sorry for raping you.” Nida jokingly stated it again.

“Hey! A rape joke is not a nice joke!” Randell shouted, pushing Nida away.

“Okay, sorry. Anyway, Randell, how old are you?”

“Why are you asking me?”

“No, tell me what age you are, not physically. Tell me how old you are.”

Randell was stunned at Nida’s question and stared at her for a moment.

while Ranz gasped on the side. Ranz never put into consideration Randell’s mental age. He was too focused on their survival and forgot about taking full care of Randell.

Ranz realized late that they don’t actually age and grow old together.

“How old am I?” Randell repeated Nida’s question and looked down into his fingers.

Randell can’t answer. That is why Nida grabbed Randell’s cheeks and looked straight into his eyes.

“Can I make a suggestion?”

Nida wanted Randell to do something, but also wanted Randell to have the will to decide.

“What is it?”

“Quit working and come to college.”

“Huh?” Randell looked up at Nida, very confused.

Nida smiled and said, “Try to mingle with people at your age.”