Tanaga confessed everything to Ashley. Neither of them noticed that they were shedding tears while talking. As he looked at Ashley, he felt his heart beating faster than its usual pace. He was waiting for Ashley’s response, hoping that he would be forgiven for all of his mistakes.
Ashley slowly withdrew her hand from Tanaga’s grip. She wiped her tears before saying, "Thank you for telling everything. Could you please stand up? I’m the one having a hard ti for you."
Tanaga did what she said and stood up to sit beside Ashley. He was holding his breath because he still didn’t know how Ashley felt about him; he didn’t know if he was forgiven for what he did to her earlier.
"Ashley? Are you forgiving ?" Tanaga asked, making his face as sympathizing as he could.
Ashley sighed as she was having a hard ti telling Tanaga how she really felt that ti. It might be also a sign of her accepting what was stated in the new contract. Yet even though Tanaga asked for forgiveness and was right in front of her, she still was not ready to reconcile with him, hence why she couldn’t give him an answer imdiately.
Ashley sighed again. "I forgive you for what you said earlier and what happened. Don’t worry, I won’t destroy your image of my family. I will also say what you’ve just said now to let them understand the situation. But still, I won’t reconcile you for now. As you still haven’t fully recovered and you might still not rember in the future, let’s separate our paths for a while – just for now." Ashley couldn’t look straight at Tanaga while she spoke. Instead, she closed her eyes so that she couldn’t see Tanaga’s reaction to what she said.
Tanaga stood up from his seat after hearing Ashley’s words. "What do you an? You told that I’m already forgiven so why do you still not want to get back together?" Tanaga shouted furiously.
Ashley opened her eyes and looked directly at Tanaga before sternly answering, "I wish you could understand . Even now you still cannot recollect all your mories so there is still a chance you may not recollect it again, even in the future. What if we get back together and you realize that you can’t stand living with and that you’re disgusted in and don’t even trust – what will happen then? Why don’t we just act according to the contract? You will go back to Japan while I and our kids are here in Arica. You can visit them anyti you want. When the ti cos, and all your mories of are back, then we’ll talk. What do you think?"
Tanaga was thinking about what to answer. He knew that Ashley had a good point. The truth was that he himself was still not too sure about how he felt.
Then Tanaga replied, using his head over his heart, "Fine, let ti decide for us. I’ll let you explain everything to your family about ... and us. If you wish sothing from , say it and if I can, I’ll do it – I’ll give it to you. That is how I’ll express my gratitude to you for giving , two kids."
Ashley nodded in agreent. "I do have one wish in mind. I wish you could give this to ," she answered without any hesitation.
"Na it. Just as I said, if I can I’ll do it."
"First of all, I want you to take Butler Ruffy when you go back to Japan. Second, I know your family gave us three bodyguards for our protection, but I only need Tiny. Take the other two with you to Japan. I’m not finished yet – because my family is here and also Inday, I want to work as soon as I can. I’m fine with you supporting our kids, but not and my family. So, if it is okay, I want to work in one of the branches of the THJ Group here. Can you help with that part?"
Tanaga was shocked at Ashley’s demands, but these weren’t difficult for him to fulfill. Firstly, the position of President here was still idle the mont they removed Takashi from that position after the accident.
Tanaga thought of giving the position to Ashley so that she could be paid a high salary, also aning that she could live without him.
For Tanaga, it was a good opportunity as Ashley could use what she had already learned and learned more through business. He was about to agree to it, but Ashley added more to her request. "Before I forget, please find us a smaller house. The house is too big for us and I’ll be having a hard ti paying expenses there. I’ll be using the SUV for the kids, but I want you to replace the cars that my brothers are using with a cheaper one. That’s all. Thank you so much if you can do this favor to ."
Tanaga was speechless on how and what Ashley was speaking. He was thinking that it was one of the things he liked about her. She was not the gold digger type of woman; she would take any burden for her family’s sake. He suddenly prayed to God for his mories to co back.
"Deal! I accept all your requests. We don’t need a contract around here so give the envelope I gave to you earlier. I don’t have my copy anymore, nor does my lawyer. About our first contract – your copy will be down to the garbage pit. Starting from today, we’ll start again, and I’ll go back to Japan to fix the things I left there. After that, I’ll co back here so that I can see my sons. And about us – I want to know you again as I want to court you. Is that okay?" Tanaga said, smiling like a teenager in his ti of puppy love.
Ashley’s jaw dropped on what she heard and didn’t know how to choose her words. She thought first before answering him. "Deal!" Then she stretched her right hand to initiate a handshake with her husband.
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