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

had never switched jobs over the

was more

happen

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

resigned, 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 my

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

smile

course, I'm mad. But there's no way that I

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

see everyone that was happening outside through the French

one hand in his

the two of

at the man next to her as if asking for

but didn't

is the new director of the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I

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

backing her up, there

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

my office, Ryan led Jessica to the door of

of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be disdainful, but she

coffee and took a sip. 'So

Knock! Knock!

out of Jessica's office,

if wanting to

make you another cup of coffee." Nancy quickly left the

my office slowly and closed the door. He then explained casually, "This is her first job, so she's a little

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 Ryan backing her

but you're her senior in the company. You're better than her at designing and people of this department would

You just have to make sure that no one bullies her. Is that alright?" This was the

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

soon as I said those words, I realized