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."

I haven't made

switched jobs

was more

or something to happen before

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

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."

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

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

to laugh or smile and

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

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

everyone that was

with one hand in his

two of them looked like

the man next to her as if

frowned impatiently, but

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

very easygoing. I won't set any strict rules. I'm

up, there obviously wouldn't be any

pout her lips. "Looks like she 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

Jessica to the door

that cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately. Her words might be disdainful, but she still had a big smile on her

of coffee and took

Knock! Knock!

pushed out of Jessica's office,

if wanting to

another cup of coffee." Nancy quickly left the

is her first job, so she's a

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 for people to behave casually around her with Ryan backing

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

me and gently massaged 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

up, and asked straightforwardly, "If it's really like what you

soon as I said those words, I realized