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

jobs over the past

Frost Group was more like my comfort

happen before I made up

of the New

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

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

on the door, walked into the

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

laugh or smile and was at a

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

to me, everyone..." The special assistant's voice sounded

was happening outside through

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

Jessica next to him, the two

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

frowned impatiently, but didn't say

the new director of the Design Department, Jessica

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

backing her up, there obviously wouldn't be

ceremony or something? Congratulations on winning the 'Getting Something

Ryan led Jessica to the

to worry about? Who would dare to come over with that cold face of yours

picked up a cup of coffee and took

Knock! Knock!

pushed out of Jessica's office, Ryan

him as if wanting to see

cup of coffee."

job, so she's a little nervous. That's why she asked me to back her up." "Really?" I asked

some simple interactions to make others think that she had a complicated relationship with Ryan. Although she said that she was "easygoing", it was still hard for people to behave casually around her with

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

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

really like what you said, why

said those words, I