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

never switched jobs over the past four

more

something to happen before I made up

to the designing of

to be a director's job, but since the director resigned, it became the deputy director's job. I had no choice but to speed things

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

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

be so calm? I've heard that the

know whether to laugh or smile

mad? Of course, I'm mad. But there's no way that I would say

special assistant's

was happening outside through the

with one hand in his pocket.

next to him, the two of them looked

at the man next

frowned impatiently, but

Department, Jessica Frost. I hope you all will get along with

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 set any strict

the CEO backing her up, there obviously

awards ceremony or something? Congratulations on winning

to the door of the

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

a cup of coffee

Knock! Knock!

Jessica's office,

if wanting to see

another cup of coffee." Nancy quickly

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 a smile. "I couldn't

CEO of 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 she was "easygoing", it was still hard for people to behave

senior in the company. You're

"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

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

I realized that I had been too