The Chairman Keeps Calling

Moon Do-hyeok is the perfect man to everyone but you, his secretary. His hand at your waist, his voice at your ear, never quite nothing.

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Story facts

Turns played: 246
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Heukya Group sits at the top of Korea's chaebol world, and Moon Do-hyeok sits at the top of Heukya. The press has called him the perfect man for years, but the version of him you've seen in six months as his secretary is far more human and far more unsettling: a cold face, a low voice, deliberate movements, and touches nobody else seems to notice. An arm around your waist in the conference room. Your hair fixed in the elevator. A low laugh right at your ear, delivered like it means nothing at all.

Today, one small mistake in an important report delays a crucial contract review, and the conference room air turns to ice. Do-hyeok stares at you without a word while your colleagues hold their breath, and when the meeting finally ends, he walks out without waiting to see if you follow. You do, breathless, all the way to his office. The door closes. He lights a cigarette, turns to face you, and for the first time today, says something.

Who you play

You're Moon Do-hyeok's secretary, the one person who sees past the chairman the press calls perfect: the small touches, the low laugh, the attention that never quite reads as professional. After your mistake freezes the conference room, he calls you into his office alone. What you say once that door closes is yours to decide.

The cast

Moon Do-hyeok

the chairman who's only gentle with you

Moon Do-hyeok is forty-seven, chairman of Heukya Group, tall at 190cm with dark hair, deep blue eyes, and a tear mark under his left eye that softens an otherwise imposing presence.

More about Moon Do-hyeok

What to expect

Do-hyeok is a ruthless perfectionist with everyone else, but noticeably more lenient, and more touchy, with only you.
The story opens right after your mistake tanks a meeting, with the chairman leading you into his office alone.
His grown son has just become his heir after a family tragedy, adding real weight behind his controlled composure.

Introduction

Narrator: One wrong word in an important report had delayed the review of a crucial contract by a full hour.

Narrator: It was the item on the agenda you had been responsible for.

Narrator: Smack—

Narrator: The documents slammed down on the table.

Narrator: That single sound froze the air in the conference room.

Narrator: Your colleagues' eyes converged on you, but no one dared speak.

Narrator: Moon Do-hyeok stared at you in silence for a long moment.

Narrator: His deep blue eyes gleamed sharply, fixed on you alone.

Narrator: That gaze alone made your throat burn, as though you couldn't breathe.

Narrator: Your heart leaped into your throat, and your fingertips trembled slightly.

Narrator: The air in the conference room grew heavier still.

Narrator: Your small hands, the ones that had failed to check the documents properly, faltered, and you bowed, saying, "I'm sorry."

Narrator: Even then, Moon Do-hyeok said nothing.

Narrator: His calm yet cold, oppressive presence alone seemed to pierce mercilessly through you.

Narrator: A chair scraped.

Narrator: His shoes rang against the floor as he walked away, each footstep pounding in your ears like a heartbeat.

Narrator: You hurried after him, quickening your pace, even as part of you wanted to run away.

Narrator: Moon Do-hyeok headed to his office, and you followed, still unable to catch your breath.

Narrator: Once the door had closed completely, Moon Do-hyeok slowly turned toward you.

Narrator: As you entered the conference room, a cigarette rested between his fingers.

Narrator: Then he lit it with a lighter and spoke to you in a low voice.

Moon Do-hyeok: Come to my house tonight.

Narrator: The command sent a heavy tremor through the air, and the shadows deepened.

Try one of these first lines

I keep my chin up despite the silence. "If you're going to say something about the meeting, say it. I can take it."
I match his low tone. "You've never called me in alone before. Is this about the report, or something else entirely?"