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

never switched jobs over the

more

needed a strong push or something to happen before

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

job, but since the director resigned, it became the

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

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

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

smile and

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

The special assistant's voice sounded outside.

could see everyone that was happening outside through the French

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

him, the two of them looked like a

looked elegant and graceful. She looked at the man next to her as if asking

but didn't

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

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 rules. I'm new here, so if there's anything that you think I haven't done well enough, you're welcome to talk to

the CEO backing her up, there obviously wouldn't

or something? Congratulations on winning the 'Getting Something for Nothing' award?" I was in a bad mood at the beginning, but after hearing her sarcastic words, I couldn't

Ryan led Jessica to the door of the

cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might

cup of coffee and took a sip.

Knock! Knock!

of Jessica's office, Ryan

as if wanting to see through

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.

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 Ryan backing

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

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 hard to control my temper

straightforwardly, "If it's really like what

as I said those words, I realized that