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

jobs over

more like my comfort

or something to happen before I made up my mind to

to my office, I went back to the designing of the New Year's limited

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

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

o'clock in the afternoon, my assistant, Nancy Lister, knocked on the door, walked into

looked at my design and put on 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

or smile and

But there's no way that I

The special assistant's

everyone that was happening outside

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

to him, the two of them looked like a perfect

and graceful. She looked at the man next to her as

impatiently, but didn't

the Design Department, Jessica Frost.

easygoing. I won't set any strict rules. I'm new here, so if there's anything that you think I

up, there obviously wouldn't

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

to the door of the director's

else have you got to worry about? Who would dare to come over with that cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be

cup of coffee and took a

Knock! Knock!

Jessica's office, Ryan came to

as if wanting

another cup of coffee." Nancy quickly left the

the door. 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?"

everyone and then used some simple interactions to make others think that she had a complicated relationship with Ryan.

you, but you're her senior in the company. You're better than her at designing and people of this department would

to comfort me. "You don't need 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

his hand away, stood up, and asked straightforwardly, "If it's really like

said those words, I realized that I