Ex-husband’s Regret by Lean

I was completely dumbfounded.

I looked at the email over and over again as if I was trying to confirm something.

I wasn't seeing things.

Jessica suddenly became the director of the Design Department, my superior.

"Do you know her, Charlotte?"

Jane could tell that something wasn't right. She reached out and waved her in front of my eyes as she tried to guess what was going on.

I put down my phone. "Yes, she's Ryan's stepsister that I told you about before."

After graduation, my roommates went their separate ways. But Jane and I had been good friends throughout university. We promised each other to stay in Jelaston and not go anywhere else.

"Fuck! So she got this position because she's Ryan's stepsister?" cursed Jane.

I was rendered speechless.

'She's probably more than just his stepsister,' I said inwardly.

"Is Ryan out of his mind?" Jane continued to complain. "Why does she get to be the director? I've never heard of her in the design industry before, but Ryan just gave her the position of director. What about you? What are you to him..."

"Alright, alright." I interrupted and said softly, "It's not important at all. He'll give it to me when he wants to."

'There would be someone else giving me this position even if he didn't want to,' I added inwardly.

We were in the canteen, so it wasn't necessary to say some things out loud.

It was to prevent others from using my words to make a fuss.

Jane knew me well enough to know what I was thinking about.

After leaving the canteen, she looked around to make sure that there was no one around us and then asked sneakily, "Have you got other plans?"

I cocked my brows. "Have a guess."

"Please tell me, Charlotte."

haven't made up

jobs over the past

was more like

something to happen before I made

I went back to the designing of the New Year's limited edition and didn't have a

since the director resigned, it became the deputy director's job. I had no choice but to

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

was nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, my assistant, Nancy Lister, knocked on the door, walked

put on a puzzled face. "Charlotte, how can you still be so calm? I've heard that the new director didn't even need

whether to laugh or smile

mad. But there's no way that I would say

assistant's voice sounded

everyone that was happening outside through the French

in his pocket. Him standing there alone gave

next to him, the two of

and graceful. She looked at the man next to

impatiently, but didn't

Design Department, Jessica Frost. I hope you all will get along with her

said with a gentle smile, "Don't listen to him. I'm very easygoing. I won't set any strict rules. I'm new here,

up, there obviously wouldn't be any

in high places. Look, is this an awards ceremony or something? Congratulations on winning the 'Getting Something for Nothing'

office, Ryan led Jessica to the door of the director's

face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be disdainful, but she still had a big smile on her

of coffee and took a sip.

Knock! Knock!

pushed out of Jessica's office, Ryan came to

as if wanting to see through his

you another cup of coffee." Nancy quickly left

my office slowly and closed the door. He then explained casually, "This is her first job, so she's

to make others think that she had a complicated relationship with Ryan. Although she said that she was "easygoing", it was still hard for people to behave casually around her with Ryan backing her

years older than you, but you're her senior in the company. You're better than her at designing and people of

You just have to make sure that no one bullies

"If it's really like

as I said those words, I realized that I had been