Ex-husband’s Regret (Ryan and Charlotte) novel Chapter 3

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.”

“Kind of. But I haven’t made up my mind yet.”

I had never switched jobs over the past four years.

The Frost Group was more like my comfort zone.

I needed a strong push or something to happen before I made up my mind to leave.

After returning to my office, I went back to the designing of the New Year’s limited edition and didn’t have a nap at all.

This used to 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 up.

“Charlotte, here’s your coffee.”

When it was 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 my table.

“Thank you.” I smiled.

She looked at my 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 any procedures and just took the director’s position. Aren’t you mad?”

I didn’t know whether to laugh or smile and was at a loss for words.

‘Aren’t I mad? Of course, I’m mad. But there’s no way that I would say anything to my subordinates,’ I thought.

“Listen to me, everyone...” The special assistant’s voice sounded outside. His name was Gary.

I could see everyone that was happening outside through the French window.

Ryan was wearing a tailored dark suit with one hand in his pocket. Him standing there alone gave others a cold feeling.

With Jessica next to him, the two of them looked like a perfect match.

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

Ryan frowned impatiently, but didn’t say anything.

He then said indifferently, “This is the new director of the Design Department, Jessica Frost. I hope you all will get along with her in the future.”

Jessica then gave Ryan a 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 rules. I’m new here, so if there’s anything that you think I haven’t done well enough, you’re welcome to talk to me.”