LXXI. Knowing Her

Youth can make someone more persistent than the rest of the world who do not know how it works. Essi should have anticipated that in the following days, she will see a young man, acting like a college junior following his senior. He is standing next to his sports car, carefully practicing how he must interact with Essi. Ethan has been warned about her strict yet graceful class of personality. But he didn't bother worrying if Essi would be displeased at seeing him or not. But he could at least try to do better.

Ethan didn't notice Essi standing at the elevator door yet, regretting to head to the parking lot through another exit route instead of proceeding to the ground floor. It's the eighth day that Ethan has been doing this and yet, she didn't learn. But instead of going back to the elevator, Essi proceeded to her car as if she didn't know that Ethan was there for her. But the loud sound of her heels betrayed her silence.

By the lack of sounds within the surrounding