Immediately Ethan said the word he made his way to the exit, the room fell into a stunned silence, none of them could believe what was going on.
The manager and the other guests quickly scrambled to their feet, hurrying after him in a desperate attempt to make one last impression of themselves.
they surrounded Ethan like a swarm of eager bees, their voices overlapping in a disorganized manner of introductions, as all of them were busy introducing themselves Simultaneously not wanting the others to get ahead of them.
But Ethan just brushes past them. He doesn't have time for any of them, he has already done what he wanted and he's getting late for the party already, his eyes fixed straight ahead, his expression unreadable.
"I'll try to remember your names," he said, his tone polite but distant. "But if you'll excuse me, I have another engagement to attend to immediately."