Chapter 199 - Return to San Francisco (1/2)

After preparing for everything, Caspar, Finland, and Aleksis finally left for America. As usual, Jadeith and all the other guards joined them. Only when they were on the plane did Finland realize that her small apartment would not be able to accommodate them all.

”Uhmm... where will your people stay?” Finland asked Caspar, ”My apartment only has one bedroom and the unit is quite small.”

Caspar, who was playing with Aleksis who was sitting on his lap, almost chuckled at the innocent question. After all this time, Finland still did not seem to grasp that Caspar was very wealthy. It was very easy for him to arrange for a place to live all over the world.

He took his cellphone from the cabinet and called Stanis.

”Stanis, do I have any property in San Francisco?” he asked quickly. Finland was again stunned. She just realized that her worries were very unreasonable.

Caspar seemed to nod and a minute later hung up the phone.

”So?” Finland asked curiously.

”Well, apparently I have a vineyard in Napa Valley, two hotels near Union Square - San Francisco and a mansion in Palo Alto. I rarely go to San Francisco so I can't remember what properties I have there.” Caspar shrugged. ”Now, it's up to you, where do you want to stay...?”

”Gosh...” Finland covered her mouth with the back of her hand, unable to hide her surprise. Aside from downtown SF, Palo Alto was one of the most expensive areas in San Francisco. It was home to the Facebook headquarters and property prices have skyrocketed in the past 10 years. And Caspar mentioned that he had a mansion there??

”So?” Caspar asked.

”Do we have to bring this whole circus?” Finland asked, looking around. The six bodyguards were too many, and not to mention that Ben would join them in San Francisco after they landed. She was still not accustomed to living like this. ”Palo Alto is too far for me to commute to my office every day. We can stay in one of the hotels, but I would personally prefer if we lived in my apartment... It's my own place, and if we are going to move to Germany, I still need to pack all my stuff. Our personal belongings are there too... ”

”All right,” Caspar nodded, understanding. ”I can make them stay at the hotel when we arrive in San Francisco, while we stay in your apartment if you really prefer... As usual, they will keep us safe from afar.”

”Yes, I prefer it like that...” Finland said happily. ”Thank you.”

”Of course...” Caspar smiled sweetly. Granting such a small request was nothing for him, but it seemed to make Finland very happy.

They landed at night and several cars from St. Laurent Hotel were waiting for them at the arrival terminal. As always, Stanis was very efficient in managing everything.

”The others will go straight to the hotel, but we can to go to Chinatown,” Caspar said. He gave the address of Finland's apartment to the driver.

They enjoyed a comfortable trip to the apartment and half hour later arrived at the apartment building.

Finland carried Aleksis while Caspar pushed both of their suitcases into the building. For a moment, Finland felt touched to see that for the first time, Caspar looked like an ordinary person. He looked like an ordinary husband and father who carried his family belongings into their apartment.

Finland couldn't remember when she had seen Caspar carry his own things. There was always Ben, Jadeith, or Ivan to carry their stuff or drive them. She had also never seen Caspar living in a mere apartment. They always stayed in mansions, penthouses, or castles...

Tonight she felt as if they were just an ordinary couple.

”What's wrong? Why are you smiling?” Caspar asked when he saw Finland standing unmoved in her place, ”What's the pass key?”