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."

I haven't made up my mind

had never switched jobs over the past four

Frost Group was more like my

push or something to happen

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

director's job, but since the director resigned, it became the deputy director's job. I

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

Nancy Lister, knocked on the door, walked into the room, and placed a

"Charlotte, how can you still be so calm? I've heard that the new director didn't even need to go

didn't know whether to laugh or smile and was at a

Of course, I'm mad. But there's no way that I

to me, everyone..." The special assistant's voice sounded

everyone that was happening outside

tailored dark suit with one hand in his pocket. Him standing there alone

the two of them looked like a perfect

looked at the man next to her as if asking for

but didn't say

Jessica Frost. I hope you all will get along with her in

"Don't listen to him. I'm very easygoing. I won't set any strict rules. I'm new here, so if there's anything that you think

her up, there obviously wouldn't be any

lips. "Looks like she does have friends in high places. Look, is this an awards ceremony or something? Congratulations on winning the 'Getting Something for Nothing' award?" I was in a bad mood at the beginning, but after hearing her sarcastic words, I couldn't help

my office, Ryan led Jessica to the

Who would dare to come over with that cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be disdainful, but she

up a cup of coffee

Knock! Knock!

being pushed out of Jessica's office, Ryan came

at him as if wanting to see through his

you another cup of coffee."

He then explained casually, "This is her first job, so she's a little nervous. That's why she asked me to back her up." "Really?" I asked with

think that she had a complicated relationship with Ryan. Although she said that she was "easygoing", it was still hard

but you're her senior in the company. You're better than her at

to worry about her. You just have to make sure that no one bullies her. Is that alright?" This was the first time that I found it hard to control my temper in

straightforwardly, "If it's really like what you

words, I realized