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 up

jobs

more like my comfort

needed a strong push or something to happen before

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

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

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

Nancy Lister, knocked on the door, walked into the room, and placed a cup of coffee on

looked at 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

smile and was at a loss

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

to me, everyone..." The special assistant's voice sounded outside. His name was

everyone that was

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

next to him, the two of them looked

looked elegant and graceful. She looked at the man

frowned impatiently, but didn't

the new director of the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I hope you all

"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

CEO backing her up, there

Congratulations on winning the 'Getting Something for Nothing' award?" I was in a bad mood at the beginning, but after hearing

Ryan led Jessica to the door of

over with that cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be

of coffee and took a sip. 'So

Knock! Knock!

out of Jessica's office, Ryan

stared at him as if

another cup of

into my office slowly and closed the door. He 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.

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",

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

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

I realized that I had