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 made

switched jobs

Group was more like my

to happen

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

since the director resigned, it became

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, my assistant, Nancy Lister, knocked on the door, walked into the room, and placed a cup of coffee on my table. "Thank you." I

put on a puzzled face. "Charlotte, how can you still be so calm? I've heard that the

smile and

way that I would say anything to my

special assistant's

see everyone that was happening outside through the

wearing a tailored dark suit with one hand in his pocket. Him standing there

him, the two of them

elegant and graceful. She looked at the man next to

impatiently, but didn't

the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I hope you all will get

to him. I'm very easygoing. I

the CEO backing her up, there obviously

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 the beginning, but after hearing her sarcastic

led Jessica to the door of

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

coffee and took a sip.

Knock! Knock!

being pushed out of Jessica's

stared at him as if wanting to see through

another cup of coffee." Nancy quickly left the

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

some simple interactions to make others think that she had a complicated relationship with

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

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 in front of

it's really like what you said, why is

I realized that I had been too