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

had never switched jobs over the past four

Frost Group was more like my comfort

needed a strong push or something to happen before I

designing of the

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

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

in the afternoon, my assistant, Nancy Lister, knocked on the door, walked into the room, and placed a cup of coffee on my table. "Thank you." I

can you still be so calm? I've heard

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

way that I would say anything to my

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

that was happening

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

to him, the two of

She looked at the man

frowned impatiently, but didn't say

the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I

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 set any

her up, there obviously

in high places. Look, is this an awards ceremony or something? Congratulations on winning the 'Getting Something for Nothing' award?" I was in a

Jessica to

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

cup of coffee

Knock! Knock!

being pushed out of Jessica's office,

as if wanting to

cup of coffee."

into my office 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

the company to introduce her to everyone and then used some simple interactions to make others think that she had a complicated relationship with Ryan. Although she said that

in the company.

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

away, stood up, and asked straightforwardly, "If it's really like what you said, why is she

said those words, I realized that I had been too