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

never switched jobs over the

was more like

happen before I made up my mind to

returning to my office, I went back to the designing of the New Year's limited edition and didn't

a director's job, but since the director resigned, it became

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

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

"Charlotte, how can you still be so calm? I've heard that the new director

smile and

But there's no way

everyone..." The special assistant's voice sounded outside.

that was happening outside through the French

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

Jessica next to him, the two of them looked like

She looked at the man next to her as if asking for

but

indifferently, "This is the new director of the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I hope you all will get along

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 set any strict rules. I'm new here, so if there's

up,

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

to the door of the director's

about? Who would dare to come over with that cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words

picked up a cup of coffee and took

Knock! Knock!

pushed out of Jessica's office,

stared at him as if wanting to see through

make you another cup of

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

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 she was "easygoing", it was still hard for people to behave casually around her with

a few years older than you, but you're her senior in the company. You're better than her at

me 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

his hand away, stood up, and asked straightforwardly, "If it's really like what you said, why is she the director and not

those words, I