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 my

jobs over the past

Group was more like my comfort

to happen before I made up my

I went back to the designing of the New Year's limited edition

it became the deputy director's job. I had no choice but

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

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

be so calm? I've heard that the new director didn't even need to go through

to laugh or smile and was at a loss for

way that I would say anything

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

was

one hand in his pocket. Him standing there alone gave others

next to him, the two

and graceful. She looked at the

but

the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I

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

her up,

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

led Jessica to the door of

over with that cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be disdainful,

coffee and took a sip. 'So

Knock! Knock!

being pushed out of Jessica's office, Ryan came to

as if

make you another cup of coffee." Nancy

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?" I asked with

that she had a complicated relationship with Ryan. Although she said that she was "easygoing",

senior in the company. You're better than her at designing and

just have to make sure that no one bullies her. Is that alright?"

asked straightforwardly, "If it's really like what you said, why is she the director

soon as I said those words, I realized