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 up

never switched jobs over the past

Frost Group was more like

to happen before I made up

went back to the designing of the New Year's limited edition and

to be a director's job, but since the director resigned, it became the deputy director's job. I

"Charlotte, here's your coffee."

o'clock in the afternoon, my assistant, Nancy Lister, knocked on the door, walked into the room, and

be so calm? I've heard that the new director didn't

didn't know whether to laugh or smile and was at a loss

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

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

was

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

next to him, the two of

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

frowned impatiently, but

new director of the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I

"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 rules. I'm new

backing her up, there obviously wouldn't be any

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

Jessica to

would dare to come over with that cold face of yours around?" Jessica pushed Ryan intimately.

coffee and took a sip.

Knock! Knock!

of Jessica's office, Ryan

him as if

another cup of coffee." Nancy quickly left

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."

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 for people to behave

company. You're better than her at designing

sure that no

really like what

said those words, I realized that I had been too