Chapter 298 - His Heart Remember...

Ashley woke up with swollen eyes because of her endless tears last night. She couldn't understand why she felt as though she was not dreaming when Tanaga was there. It felt so' real.

She reflected deeply on the scene. She remembered that she opened her eyes and saw Tanaga standing beside her bed, caressing her cheeks. It felt like his actual presence was there at that time.

She couldn't understand why she felt that… Tanaga was still alive. She was still in deep thought when she heard her father's voice.

"Good morning sunshine!" Father Jessie sang before kissing her forehead.

"Ashley, did you know that you would give birth to twins when you were pregnant?" Mother Fely asked while looking straight to her, eyes sparkling in joy.

Ashley just shook her head before forcing herself to sit. But when she felt pain in her stomach which was newly operated, she just decided not to continue it. Because her mother told her that her babies were twins, Ashley became more excited to see them.

"Dad, mom – can you tell the nurse that I'm already awake and I want to see my kids?" Ashley asked.

Father Jessie volunteered on going to the nursery room as he was also excited seeing his grandsons again. "I'm going! The two of you should stay here while I go to my handsome sons who look like me. Hahaha!" Father Jessie happily said while going out of the door.

Right after Father Jessie opened the door, Arnel, Arnold and Inday – with Koji Hanada – had come back. Father Jessie was shocked and stepped back inside. "Oh, Saint Mary!" Father Jessie said while stepping back.

"Gooood mooorning my beautiful baby sister!" Arnel shouted while entering inside the room straight beside his sister to give her a tight hug.

"Good morning dad! Ashley! Mom! By the way, Ashley you have a guest," Arnold said while he stepped aside to unblock the door that Koji could enter and see Ashley.

Earlier, he happily greeted Father Jessie and Mother Fely. He was looking at Ashley and was speechless.

"COO Hanada, how are you? How did you know that I'm here?" Ashley curiously asked while she was fixing herself and finger combing her hair. "I'm sorry about my appearance right now, hehe – I just gave birth and my face is kinda swollen," Ashley explained shyly, unable to look straight at Koji.

Koji – who was spacing out earlier – came back to his senses and smiled beautifully for Ashley.

"I'm sorry if I've been a disturbance. I'm actually here for business but then I heard that grandma got a mild stroke. And your brothers and I coincidentally met at the ground floor! I hope I'm not intruding, right?" Koji calmly said while his cheeks were red, and his eyes avoided Ashley.

When Ashley heard that Grandma Hanada had a mild stroke, she got worried and was planning to stand up to go to the Chairwoman. Fortunately, Mother Fely saw what she was planning to do and immediately came for her.

"Wait, where are you going? You shouldn't stand up or else you'll get tired. The stitch in your stomach might open and centipedes might go into your belly," Mother Fely joked to calm Ashley down.

Inday – who was standing behind Mother Fely – spoke added, "Right! Ma'am, it would be ugly if that were to happen. You can't wear any two-piece bathing suit then." Inday was serious while saying those words.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Hahaha!"

All of them laughed except from Koji. The poor man didn't know what to do. Should he reach Ashley and congratulate her? Or should he just say goodbye from afar to tell that he'll be going to visit Grandma Hanada now?

Because there were many people in Ashley's room – no matter how big it was – Koji still felt strangled. So, he just excused himself to visit Grandma Hanada and said he would just go back there before going back to Japan.

Ashley didn't stop Koji from leaving because she also felt uncomfortable about Koji's presence. Even though he didn't ask why she was in the hospital and got operated, there was a chance that he already knew why.

"Okay, I'll be going first. Take care of yourself. I hope when you got discharged, we can talk before I go back to Japan," Koji declared as he waved his hand goodbye.

Ashley quickly called Arnold and Arnel to know what they said to Koji.

"Arnel, Arnold, come here. I just wanna ask something," Ashley called her brothers, face serious. Her two brothers came near to her immediately with a wide smile on their lips.

"What did you tell COO Hanada about why I'm here in the hospital?" Ashley worriedly asked.

"Baby sister, we didn't say anything. He also didn't ask and that's why we didn't tell him anything either. But I feel like he knows that you just gave birth and I also think that he already knows that Tanaga is the father," Arnold proclaimed proudly.

Ashley's eyes widened when she heard what her brother just said. "What? Is what you just said true? COO Hanada knows everything?!" Ashley nervously continued. She didn't know whether she told Koji about Tanaga and her.

Ashley suddenly thought of Koji's last words before he left. 'What does that mean? Why does he want to talk to me?'

Ashley was about to speak again when Father Jessie arrived. "Oh! The nurse said that we need to sanitize our hands first and wear a gown and mask before the babies are brought here," Father Jessie explained to everyone.

It was the reason for everyone to leave with Father Jessie to get a disposable gown and mask. Ashley was left there alone.

In just a few moments, the door opened, and someone entered.

"Make sure you did some sanitation!" Ashley happily joked, excited to see her twins.

When no one answered Ashley, she raised her head to look at who entered. Her eyes widened and no words came out from her mouth…