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."

of. But I haven't made up

never switched jobs over

more like my

push or something to happen before I

the designing of the New Year's limited edition and didn't have a

be a director's job, but since the director resigned, it became the deputy director's job. I had

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

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

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 the director's position. Aren't you

smile

no way

special assistant's

could see everyone that was happening outside

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

Jessica next to him, the two of

looked at the man

frowned impatiently, but

indifferently, "This is the new director of the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I hope

gentle smile, "Don't listen to him. I'm very easygoing. I won't set any

up, there obviously wouldn't

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

my office, Ryan led Jessica to the door of

to worry about? Who would dare to come over with that cold face of yours around?"

cup of coffee and took

Knock! Knock!

pushed out of Jessica's office, Ryan

as if wanting to see through his

of coffee." Nancy quickly

job, so she's a little nervous. That's why she asked

others think that she had a complicated relationship with

older than you, but you're her senior in the company. You're better than her

and gently massaged my shoulders trying 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

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

those words, I realized that I had been