I Hate That I Loved You!

66- Reminiscence

Francesco walked out of the club carrying Arlette in his arms. The manager assisted him with her handbag and overcoat.

The manager gestured the valet to bring Francesco's car.

The valet immediately bowed and hurriedly went away to bring the car.

As soon as the car was parked at the entrance, the manager opened the passenger door.

Francesco nodded in acknowledgment.

He carefully placed Arlette in the passenger seat and fastened her seat belt.

She had fallen asleep.

Francesco smiled lovingly at her peaceful baby-like face and placed a kiss on her forehead.

He occupied the driver's side of the seat and drove away.

He was thinking about where to take her. Last time Bennetti Mansion didn't work out well.

He was not aware of her identity last time but he knows now. So he decided to go with the safe option.

He changed the route and decided to take her to one of the Russo Properties in the city. His penthouse where he hardly stays!

He had hardly stayed at his penthouse as he didn't like to stay alone.

Usually, whenever he is in the city, he prefers to stay with Zain at Bennetti Mansion due to work and comfort point of view.

Now, it has become his habit to stay at Benneti Mansion.

He felt comfortable there and he understands Zain needed him the most.

That iceberg didn't have any other friend apart from him.

He knows his condition since his parent's tragic death. And from the past three years, it has worsened. Zain was suffering from severe case of insomnia.

He dropped a message to Zain and drove towards his penthouse.

On the way, he was in deep thought.

He glanced at Arlette once again and sighed.

His biggest concern was whether or not she will remember everything when she will wake up tomorrow morning?

He was hoping for everything to not go to drain.

After a lot of effort, he had got some positive results.

He dint want everything to go back to square one.

After half an hour, He reached his penthouse building.

It was one of the high-end luxurious residences.

He parked his car in the designated garage and carried Arlette who was sound asleep and snoring lightly.

The security guard helped him with the elevator buttons as he had Arlette in his arms.

As soon as he reached the penthouse floor, he rushed towards the door.

He pressed his fingers on the panel and came closer to the panel of biometric retina scan and the door clicked open.

As soon as entered, he kicked the door to close it and gave a quick glance to his surrounding.

The last time he visited his penthouse was about 6 months ago when his mother came to the city.

Everything was still neat and clean.