Chapter 397 - Call My Wife!

The next day, Ashley and Tanaga headed to the office to have a meeting with Koji and Tanaka regarding the company, Troship Navigation. 

No matter what his mother said to try to convince him, Tanaga refused to merge with Troship Navigation. He only accepted and helped her acquire the company as a guarantee so she could have enough money to live her life until she died.

When Naomi learned of this, she threatened Tanaga, saying she'd go public, let all the board members know that she was alive, and she'd encourage them to merge Troship Navigation with the THJ group instead of acquiring it. 

However, Tanaga was not that easy to scare. Of course, he had some sort of leverage as well. He sent his mother a recording of all her evil deeds of the past. How she faked her death, her kidnapping scheme on her own grandchildren that went awry, and how it was an offense in the court of law and deserved punishment.

There was nothing else for Naomi to do but agree to Tanaga's offer and let him take over her husband's company. Of course, she had a plan, which was to return back to Japan and let the world know she's alive once Troship is back in business, and that'd be when she'd take over the whole company as its new chairwoman. 

Once the discussion was over, Koji bid them goodbye and headed back to Japan to continue to run THJ Group while Tanaga would be undergoing the treatment. 

Even with all the evidence that he had, he still decided not to confront Tanaga about the contract. He figured that if Tanaga wasn't cured, he'd continue running the show. If his whole treatment failed, it'd only mean one thing, and Koji would gladly wait for it.

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The week went by quickly, and it was finally time for Ashley and Tanaga to return to the Spaniard Kingdom for his treatment. 

They needed to return as soon as possible, since Dr. Garcia and Dr. Green were already in their final stage of refining the serum, making it ready for the clinical trial soon. 

Ashley wanted to take the children with them, but everyone protested against it. 

They used the excuse that Ashley and Tanaga needed time alone, and how they didn't want to be separated from the twins either. Ashley had no choice but to just let it go and leave her children in the capable hands of her family.Therefore, Ashley couldn't argue and let it go.

Inday and Juanita were hoping to be able to take the twins to visit the Spaniard Kingdom, and go there themselves. When Ashley gave in and let the children stay in Houston, they were quite sad, standing there, holding the children while pouting. 

Grandmother Hanada was feeling well enough to stay in Houston and decided to stay with Tanaka in his condominium. She wanted to spend more time with him and learn more about her other grandson. Tanaka was happy to get to spend time with one of his family members that didn't treat him so poorly. He had promised to stay back, work diligently and help Koji run the THJ group while Tanaga was still undergoing treatment.

After a while, it was now time for Ashley and Tanaga to depart. Everyone followed them to bid them farewell, and wish Tanaga all the best for this treatment. A few goodbyes later, and Ashley and Tanaga were on their way back to the Spaniard Kingdom.

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Meanwhile, back in the Spaniard Kingdom, Sato was busy helping Mrs. Garcia with her upcoming fashion show. She had taken Sato under her wings and showed him the ways of the fashion industry. 

It had only been a week, but Sato had shown much potential, and she was sure that he would definitely gain much more if he stuck around longer. 

With the fashion show coming up, Sato took the opportunity to learn as much as he could. He had already decided to ask Ashley to let him stay here and work for Mrs. Garcia as her assistant. 

He hoped that she'd let him go and speak to CEO Jones about releasing him from his current job. He was excited about his newfound career, and believed he had an amazing opportunity that he couldn't pass. 

He was at the Fashion House when his phone rang, the phone call being from Ashley who was still in the plane on the way to the Spaniard Kingdom. Once Sato saw who was calling him, he answered the call, silencing the ringing of his phone. 

"Hello? Mrs. Jones? Are you on your way back? I missed you so much!" He asked, his voice not being able to hide the excitement he was feeling. 

"Sounds like you had a lot of fun while we were away. Are you sure you missed me?" Ashley asked jokingly before falling into a fit of laughter.

Tanaga, who had his eyes closed as he was listening to music, opened his eyes, having heard the sound of his wife's laughter. He immediately knew she was talking to Sato, and shook his head as he turned up the volume of his music so he wouldn't be able to hear their conversation before turning to face the other direction. 

"Anyway, we should arrive in a couple of hours. Make sure that you're at the airport to pick us up by then, alright? I'll see you later, okay? Bye!" She said as she hung up, not waiting for Sato to reply back. 

After hanging up, she leaned against her husband and started teasing him by playing with his ears. She took out his right earphone, and slowly blew against it, giving Tanaga shivers down his spine. 

He took his earphones off, putting it to the side before pulling his wife and kissed her sensually. Ashley started wiggling from his hold to tease him, but once she escap3 his grasp, she wrapped her two arms around his neck and kissed him back. 

"Mrs. Jones... when was the last time I told you that I love you?" He asked in between kisses.

"Well, you just said it, didn't you, Mr. Jones?" Replied Ashley, kissing her husband in return. 

A moment later, the couple was lying on the plane cabin, exhausted after one pleasurable lovemaking session. 

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Sato and Mrs. Garcia were already at the tarmac, waiting for the THJ Group's private plane to land. 

When the aircraft's door opened, Ashley and Tanaga disembarked, and Sato quickly approached them, wanting to help them with their belongings.

"Welcome back Mrs. and Mr. Jones!" He cried as he then bowed as a sign of respect.

"Thank you! I'm so happy to be back. I can't wait to see what you have been working on while we were gone," Ashley said as she headed in Mrs. Garcia's direction. 

Ashley embraced the older woman, also handing her a gift from her mother to her. 

"A gift from my mom. She thought that you might miss this since I didn't see any store here that sold this," Ashley stated.

Mrs. Garcia peeked at the item that Ashley had given her. When she saw that it was some homemade sweets her smile reached her ears.

"Oh my god! For some reason, I used to love eating this when I was a young child. Even though I don't remember my past, I just know I used to crave this," she said as she then thanked Tanaga as well for the sweets that she had received from Ashley's mother.

Sato was standing next to the open car door, waiting for them to enter the car. Looking at the scene unravel in front of him, he couldn't help but pout, wondering why Ashley didn't bring him any gifts from Houston. The only thing stopping him from voicing his sadness was Tanaga and how he'd probably scold Sato. 

Once they arrived back at Mrs. Garcia's home, Ashley called Sato into their room to give him some gifts her mother had also prepared for him. The gift was identical to what Mrs. Garcia had received, but in her case, Ashley had hand-carried it to show her some appreciation for letting them stay at her home and taking Sato under her wing. For Sato's gift, it was packed along with their oh so many belongings. 

When Dr. Garcia and Dr. Green heard that they had arrived, they immediately wanted to try out the serum on Tanaga. They hadn't even given him enough time to change clothes, rushing him to the clinic to do some testing. It was only a few minutes later that he was wearing a hospital gown and was laid down on one of the clinic's beds. 

"Alright, you might fall asleep after this, or you may not. You might get a different reaction from what we expected, but if we don't try, we might never know. Are you ready for this, Mr. Jones?" asked Dr. Garcia while he, Dr. Green and a nurse hooked Tanaga to all kinds of devices meant to observe and study his reaction to the serum during the clinical trial. 

He nodded in agreement. 

Deep down, he was afraid, maybe even terrified, that something could possibly go wrong, and that he'd never be able to see his wife again. Just as Dr. Garcia said, there were many possibilities that the trial could go wrong, leading him to end up in yet another coma or dying. He made his decision, deciding to see his wife before getting the serum injected in his body. 

Tanaga stopped Dr. Garcia just as he was about to inject the serum into Tanaga's veins. He had previously sanitized the soon-to-be injected area, and had already held it in position.

"Stop!" Tanaga yelled. 

"Dr. Garcia, before you do anything of the sort, could you please bring my wife here and let me speak with her first. I'd like to see her one last time before the serum gets injected into me," Tanaga said willfully.

Dr. Garcia and Dr. Green exchanged an uneasy look. Tanaga feeling uneasy wouldn't help the trial, and the fact that he went as far as to ask to speak to his wife 'one last time' wasn't a good sign either.