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 my

never switched jobs over

more like

needed a strong push or something to happen before I made up my

the designing of the

job, but since the director resigned, it became the

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

on the door, walked into the room, and placed a cup of coffee on

at my design and put on a puzzled face. "Charlotte, how can you still be so calm? I've heard

or smile and was at a loss for

there's no way that I would say anything

everyone..." The special assistant's

everyone that was happening outside through the French

one hand in his pocket.

to him, the two of them looked

She looked at the man next to her

but didn't

new director of the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I hope you all will get along with her in

then gave Ryan a coquettishly look. "What's up with the straight face?" She then said with a gentle smile, "Don't listen to him. I'm very easygoing. I won't

her up, there obviously

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,

Jessica to the

what 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 disdainful, but she still had a big smile

of coffee

Knock! Knock!

of Jessica's office, Ryan came to

if

cup of

slowly and closed 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

interactions to make others think that she had a complicated

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

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

and asked straightforwardly, "If it's really like

soon as I said those words, I realized that