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."

I haven't made

never switched jobs over the past

was more like my

something to happen before I made up my mind

back to the designing of the New Year's limited edition and didn't have a nap at

director resigned, it became the deputy director's job. I had no choice but to

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

was nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, my assistant, Nancy Lister, knocked on the door, walked into

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

smile and was at a loss for

I'm mad. But there's no way that I would say anything to

The special assistant's voice sounded outside.

everyone that was happening outside through the

with one hand in his

next to him, the two

She looked at the man

impatiently, but

Jessica Frost. I hope you all will get along with her

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

her up, there obviously

on winning the 'Getting Something for Nothing'

to the

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

coffee and took a sip.

Knock! Knock!

being pushed out of Jessica's office, Ryan came

as if wanting to see

of coffee." Nancy quickly left

is her first job, so she's

simple interactions to make others think that she had a complicated relationship with Ryan. Although she said that she was "easygoing",

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

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

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

I said those words, I realized that I had