
Vanessa felt something crash and fall upon hearing the soft gurgling of clothes on the elevator floor, as if realizing Vanessa's curiosity the young man said
"I just took off my jacket. You should also do it, so as not to be crowded" said the young man staring at Vanessa
"..." - ".The girl was still silent not responding to the words of the young man in front of her.
"Need help?" asked the young man trying to maintain his patience when he himself felt panic and true emotions but for the sake of this unknown girl he tried to calm down and not make things worse. If the girl faints then things can be more difficult.
Vanessa was still silent, finally this impatient young man took a step closer to Vanessa, raised his hand and touched Vanessa's tense body.
"Everything will be fine" he said, squeezing Vanessa's shoulder, then stepped closer
"Ma... What do you want?" vanessa stammered, she was afraid of the darkness she was also afraid of the young man, afraid that the young man would be impudent to her.
"Help take off your blazer, otherwise you'll overheat and get harder to breathe" the young man explained, noticing Vanessa's fear in him, he does not want his good intentions to be interpreted badly by people who want to be helped.
"What's your name?" the question is to try to dilute the atmosphere so that the girl can be calmer
"Va Vanessa" Vanessa answered immediately.
"Good name, maybe you should also open some buttons on your blouse, I think the blouse makes you sultry" said the young man
"You're not Tokyo?" said the young man casually, while trying to remove the pearl studs and roll up Vanessa's blouse sleeves.
"No, I was here for a week. I'll be home tomorrow morning" Vanessa said, feeling a little better. Just slightly.
"You're visiting someone who lives in this building?"
"Yes, my college roommate and her husband."
"Is it feeling better?" asked the young man when he had finished tidying Vanessa's blouse, to make the girl feel comfortable.
Suddenly the lights flickered then lit up, the wheels of the elevator gear started moving and after that slid down. The two strangers looked at each other at a very close distance. Their eyes are both narrowed.
Vanessa's face looked pale. Seeing that face, the young man in front of Vanessa was worried, even though it was not visible on his handsome face. But seen from the look of his softened eyes.
The young man smirked ignorantly, the young man touched Vanessa's shoulder. Vanessa looked as if she had almost lost control of herself, she jumped in shock.
"Calm down, everything is back to normal" the young man said.
Instead of giving himself some distance to the young man or saying thank you, Vanessa slowly collapsed into the young man's arms. Clutching firmly at the front of the young man's shirt with his hands moist by sweat, and crying on his chest.
The young man could feel Vanessa's body shaking and he simply stroked Vanessa's back to calm the girl down.
They arrived at the lobby smoothly. Elevator door opens. The young man could see a figure with silver hair and pointy teeth in front of the elevator door, it seemed like that person was going to head for his apartment, when he saw someone he knew about to get out of the elevator the bearded man immediately approached his master.
Candra Anom Duke.
"I'm fine!" said the young man who was called Candra by the bearded man.
"You were in the elevator when ..." It wasn't finished the question suddenly Candra immediately cut off her speech
"Yes, but I'm fine" Candra replied realizing what her men would ask. Now that his men's eyes saw the girl who stood weakly beside his master, Candra was reluctant to give an explanation, then he immediately switched the conversation
"Tell my father tomorrow I'll see him"
"But he is waiting for you now Mr. Candra" said his men reminding Candra that his father's orders cannot be ignored.
"Let's just say I'm not feeling well, tomorrow I'll see Dad in his office" like I don't want to be denied again immediately Candra pressed the button so that the elevator door closed immediately. He decided to go back to his apartment,
given the state of the girl who was now in his arms. There was no way he would leave the girl in such a fragile state without such protection.
The elevator leads them to the 22nd floor, after a high sound is heard as a sign they arrive, immediately the elevator door opens and shows the corridor of Candra's apartment.
Candra held Vanessa's body with one hand, and the other hand was busy picking up Vanessa's jacket, blazer and tote bag. Then he carried Vanessa's body and walked down the corridor to reach her apartment at the end, then carefully placed Vanessa in a standing position.
Then he reached into his trouser pocket and pulled out the key, put the key into his hole and the apartment door was wide open.
Candra once again cradled Vanessa's body, stepped in and laid Vanessa down on a very soft sofa. As Candra turned around to leave, Vanessa raised her hand as if she did not want to be left by the young man, understanding with fear Vanessa Candra whispered
"In a moment, I'll be right back". Then rush to the door and press a row of numbers to turn off the alarm system, which will automatically turn on within 15 seconds if someone else enters the apartment.
After that he immediately closed and locked the door of his apartment then turned on the lights as lighting and set the intensity of the light. With three long steps Candra crossed the room and knelt in front of the sofa.
"Vanessa?" his call made sure that the girl was fine even though her condition was still unstable right now, hearing her name called Vanessa opened her eyes slowly, Vanessa looked at Candra with a blank look, two tears streamed down her white, marble-white cheeks,
"How are you doing?" candra asked when she realized Vanessa was responding to her call
"A. I know this is ridiculous, ta. but I'm really scared" Vanessa said.
"Already, you're safe" said Candra trying to calm Vanessa down. Now the young man was sitting next to Vanessa he clasped Vanessa's body against her neck and gently stroked her hair.
Then gently rub Vanessa's back, convincing the girl that she was completely safe. Candra then let go of her embrace and said
"Looks like you're stressed, you need something to calm yourself down!" candra said then walked away from Vanessa, to her bar table. He was tense in the face of the situation, and he also needed the drink to calm himself for now.