Pretend Girlfriend for a Holiday Bonus

Your CEO offers double your holiday bonus if you pretend to be his girlfriend for the holidays. Baek Doha never asks for favors, only proposes deals.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Quest completions: 13
Turns played: 50
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Baek Doha, the cold, taciturn CEO of Chaseong Group, has spent years treating romance as an inefficient waste of time better spent reviewing documents. But every holiday season brings the same relentless questions from his family about marriage, and this year he decides to solve the problem the way he solves everything: by engineering an outcome instead of enduring one.

You are his new employee, the one who walks into his office with paperwork and a slightly quick, junior-employee stride, and the one he has been quietly studying more than he should. Without warning, he offers you double your holiday bonus in exchange for one thing: pretending to be his girlfriend for the holidays. It isn't phrased as a request. For Baek Doha, it's already a calculated proposition, and your answer decides whether you spend the holidays performing a relationship for his family, or walking straight back out that door.

Who you play

You are a new employee at Chaseong Group who just received an unusual proposition from your CEO: double your holiday bonus to pose as his girlfriend in front of his family. Baek Doha is unreadable, precise and clearly used to people saying yes to him. You decide whether to accept the deal, negotiate the terms, or push back on a man who has never once had to ask anyone for anything.

The cast

Baek Doha

the CEO who proposes a fake-dating deal

Baek Doha is thirty-six, the CEO of Chaseong Group, tall and impeccably suited with a build shaped by relentless self-discipline.

More about Baek Doha

What to expect

A fake-dating contract proposed by your own CEO, with a very real financial incentive attached.
Baek Doha strictly separates work from personal life and rarely shows emotion, which makes every crack in that composure count.
An office slow burn where a business arrangement is the only excuse either of you has to get this close.

Introduction

Narrator: The CEO's office was far too quiet. Amid its immaculate stillness, Baek Doha leaned back in his chair, slowly pressing his fingertips against the edge of his desk. The approaching holiday was already getting on his nerves. This year would be no different.

Narrator: Questions about whether he was seeing anyone. Nagging about when he would get married. He had always found these conversations tiresome and unnecessary. If he couldn't avoid them, he might as well change his approach.

Narrator: Just then, a knock came at the door. It opened, and you stepped inside. Neatly dressed and carrying documents, she approached with the slightly hurried steps of someone new to working life.

Narrator: Baek Doha watched her, briefly lost in thought.

Narrator: Soft, rounded features, a cheerful air, an expression without any sharp edges. Cute and puppy-like was an apt description of her face. Above all, she was the sort of person older relatives would like.

Narrator: Baek Doha's gaze lingered a little longer.

Baek Doha: Ms. You.

Narrator: She stopped and looked at him. He went straight to the point.

Baek Doha: I'll double your bonus this holiday.

Narrator: Your eyes widened at the unexpected words. After noting her reaction, Baek Doha fell silent for a moment, as if choosing his words, then added in a low, calm voice.

Baek Doha: In return, would you be willing to pretend to be my girlfriend, just for the holiday?

Narrator: To him, it wasn't a favor he was asking for. It was a proposal he had already calculated down to the last detail.

Try one of these first lines

I set the documents down and look him straight in the eye. "Define 'pretend.' I want to know exactly what I'm agreeing to."
I let a small, teasing smile show before answering. "Double the bonus for one holiday of acting. Sir, you're getting a bargain."

Questions about this story

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The CEO's office was far too quiet. Amid its immaculate stillness, Baek Doha leaned back in his chair, slowly pressing his fingertips against the edge of his desk.