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."

But I haven't made up

switched jobs over the past

more

happen before I made up my mind

designing of

the director resigned, it became the

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

o'clock in the afternoon, my assistant, Nancy Lister, knocked on the door, walked into the room, and placed a cup of

a puzzled face. "Charlotte, how can you still be so calm? I've heard that the new director didn't even need to go through any procedures and just took

know whether to laugh or smile and was at a loss for

But there's no way that I would say anything to

me, everyone..." The special assistant's voice sounded outside. His name

see everyone that was happening

wearing a tailored dark suit with one hand in his pocket. Him standing

Jessica next to him, the two of them

looked at the man next

but didn't

Jessica Frost. I hope you

with a gentle smile, "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 I haven't done well enough, you're welcome to talk

her up, there obviously wouldn't

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

Ryan led Jessica to the door of the

of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be disdainful,

picked up a cup of coffee

Knock! Knock!

being pushed out of Jessica's office, Ryan

if wanting to see through

another cup of coffee." Nancy quickly left

casually, "This is her first job, so she's a little nervous. That's why she

simple interactions 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

the company. You're better than her at designing and people of this department

her. You just have to make sure that no one bullies her. Is that alright?" This was the first time that I

asked straightforwardly, "If it's really like what you said, why

words, I realized that I had