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 my

switched jobs over the past

Group was more like my comfort

or something to happen before

designing of the New Year's limited

be a director's job, but since the director resigned, it became the deputy director's job. I had no choice but to speed things

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

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

face. "Charlotte, how can you still be so calm? I've heard that the new director

laugh or smile and was at a loss for

I mad? Of course, I'm mad. But there's no way that

assistant's voice

was happening outside

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

Jessica next to him, the two of

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

but didn't

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

to him. I'm very easygoing. I won't set any strict rules. I'm new here, so if there's anything that you

up, there obviously wouldn't be any

winning the 'Getting Something for Nothing' award?" I was in a bad mood at

to the door

about? Who would dare to come over with that cold face of yours around?" Jessica

picked up a cup of coffee and took a sip.

Knock! Knock!

Jessica's office, Ryan

him as if wanting to see through

cup of coffee."

then explained casually, "This is her first job, so she's a little nervous. That's why she asked me

think that she had a complicated relationship with Ryan. Although she said that she was "easygoing", it was still

the company. You're better than her at designing and people

"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

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

I realized that