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."

haven't made up my mind

had never switched jobs over the past

was more like my

strong push or something to happen before I

to the designing of the New Year's

the director resigned, it became the deputy director's

"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

can you still be so calm? I've heard that the new director

smile and was at

no way that I would say anything to

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

was happening outside through the French

dark suit with one hand in

next to him, the two of them looked like a

at the man next to her as if asking for

impatiently, but didn't

Jessica

with a gentle smile, "Don't listen to him. I'm very easygoing. I won't set any strict rules. I'm

backing her up, there obviously wouldn't be any

is this an awards ceremony or something? Congratulations on winning the 'Getting Something for Nothing' award?"

Ryan led Jessica to the door of

would dare to come over with that cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be disdainful,

up a cup of coffee and took a sip. 'So

Knock! Knock!

Jessica's office, Ryan came

as if

you another cup of coffee." Nancy quickly left the

job, so she's a little nervous. That's why she asked me to

the CEO of the company to introduce 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", it was still hard

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

"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

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

those words, I realized that I