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."

But I haven't

jobs

Group was more like my

strong push or something to happen before I made up my mind to

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

since the director resigned, it became the deputy director's job. I had no

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

door, walked into the room, and placed

my design and put on 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

didn't know whether to laugh or smile and was at

way that

The special assistant's voice

could see everyone that was happening

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

the two of them looked

at the man next to

impatiently, but didn't

the Design Department, Jessica

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 rules.

CEO backing her up, there obviously

lips. "Looks like she does have friends in high places. Look, is this an awards ceremony or something? Congratulations on winning the 'Getting Something for Nothing' award?" I was in a bad mood at

Ryan led Jessica to the door of the director's

alright, what else have you got to worry about? Who would dare to come over with that cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be disdainful, but she still

picked up a cup of coffee and took

Knock! Knock!

being pushed out of Jessica's office, Ryan

if wanting to see through his

of coffee." Nancy quickly left the

"This is her first job, so she's a

she had a complicated relationship with Ryan. Although she said that she was "easygoing", it was still hard for people to behave casually

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

to worry about her. You just have to make sure that no one bullies her. Is that

his hand away, stood up, and asked straightforwardly, "If it's really like what you

I said those words, I