Chapter 78

After Ashley's entered the vehicle, Tanaga followed after saying goodbye to Ashley's family. "Please do not worry about Ashley. I will not neglect her. And I promise to you; I will bring her here every month so that you will not miss her so much."  He promised to the Gusman family as he bid them goodbye.

He shook hands with the brothers and father of Ashley before going inside the vehicle so they could already leave. Ashley continued to wave back to her family as the car went further away, and so she was not able to stop her tears, which worried Tanaga.

Tanaga went closer to Ashley and hugged her while he made her head rest on his shoulder. "Shsss, stop crying... Didn't you hear what I said? Next month, we will go back, and I will make sure that grandmother Hanada will not disturb us. Ok, stop crying already?"  

Instead of stopping, she further sobbed because she couldn't believe what she heard. Tanaga's tone is not like a boss but like a husband making promises to his wife.  And she's falling in love by the minute...

She was thinking... 'Is that how Tanaga was treating her, or is it just because they are newly married and still in the honeymoon stage?'   With that thought, she sobbed louder because in the few weeks that she has known Tanaga, she already knew that she would fall for him.  It seems that it's sooner rather than later.

' What if after I give him a child, he'll…..Well, that is what in the contract, so I do not have a say there. ' She thought while looking at Tanaga.

Tanaga kept on stroking her back and kissing her head. Ashley knew that Tanaga was sniffing her hair's scent because she heard his sniffle, so she smiled because she thought, ' Tanaga is so cute .'

She further clung to her husband and faced his chest to smell him also. 'Ahhh, it feels good to have a boyfriend... Oops, we have married already . Hehehe!' Ashley grinned, which Tanaga did not notice because he already fell asleep while sniffing her hair.

Because it was already late at night, traffic was light, and they reached the port right away. The security guard was caught off guard when he saw the vehicles which were coming. He quickly called the people inside the yacht.

"Chief-mate, Chief-mate, this is the guard...People are coming. I think it is your boss. Over!"

"What! What do you mean you think it is our boss CEO Jones that's coming? Recheck it and make sure! Over!" The Chief-mate quickly stood up from where he was lying down next to his wife and promptly put on his uniform. He was about to sleep with his wife, who came all the way to Manila from the province. 

"Shit! Why did these two come back early? What are we going to do, honey? We might be leaving early to go back to Japan" The Chief-mate was confused and did not know what he should do first. In the end, he decided to make his wife dress up as well, so he could introduce her to the newlywed.

Tanaga and Ashley were surprised as they got out of the vehicle. Besides, the Chief Officer was a woman. Tanaga frowned. Of all the things he disliked, is when his crew are womanizing and cheating on their wives, so he sulked as he looked at the two.

"Good evening, Sir... Ma'am. You're back early?" The Chief-mate asked as he bowed when they were near.

"Good evening too!" Ashley gently said as she looked at the Chief-mate's wife, wondering who she is?

The Chief-mate saw how Ashley looked at his wife but didn't say a word.  Therefore, "Sir, Ma'am… this is my wife! Since I cannot go home, I asked her to come here instead. I apologize for not asking your permission first. I did not know that you will come back right away." The Chief-mate explained.

When Tanaga heard what the Chief-mate said, his face brightened up and greeted the Chief-mate's wife. "Hello! Nice to meet you, Mrs. Chief-mate. Apologies that you need to travel here because your husband cannot go down the yacht." Tanaga also gently said with kindness in his eyes.

The Chief's wife was blushing and was embarrassed by the way Ashley and Tanaga were being kindhearted. "I am the one who should apologize. We were not able to get permission to come here since it was a spur of the moment decision." She sheepishly explained, unable to look at them straight in their eyes.

"It's alright, let us go in. It's late at night, and we are also tired, so we'll go ahead. By the way, please call all the staff back here as early as possible tomorrow because once they are all here, we will go back home to Japan." Tanaga then dr.a.p.ed his hands on Ashley and whispered...

"Do not worry. My grandmother is not dying yet. Even if we would be delayed by a few days, there is no problem. I just asked you to go back so that I could enjoy myself with you alone." He then kissed Ashley's ears, which tickled her.

"Hmph! We are not yet leaving, so why did we have to go back right away? We could have stayed at the hotel?" Ashley huffed and snubbed Tanaga.

"Love, if we will stay at the hotel, then we cannot stay in one room, and I will sleep alone. Of course not!" Tanaga joked. As they are going up the yacht, Tanaga quickly swept Ashley off her feet and carried her like a princess straight to their room to continue their interrupted honeymoon...

The couple clearly saw what Tanaga did, and so they also looked at each other. Later on, the Chief also carried his wife and laughed as they entered the Chie's room to continue their interrupted honeymoon….

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When Ashley woke up the next day, the yacht was not at the port any longer.  There were already sailing towards Japan… where a person who was part of Tanaga's past was waiting for them...