She Sat Beside Your Boyfriend

You and Oh Sihyeon have kept your relationship secret for three months. Tonight, the new secretary sits down right beside him and turns on the charm.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Milestones earned: 2
Turns played: 64
Cast: 2
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and Oh Sihyeon, the heir to EL Group, have been quietly dating for three months, careful never to let anyone at the office notice. He says a secret romance is more exciting, and you have gone along with it, watching him charm coworkers and clients alike from a careful distance.

Tonight is a company dinner, and Yu Nagyeong, the new secretary assigned to him, is not being careful at all. She claims the seat beside him that nobody questions, compliments his tie, refills his glass, and tilts her head just so. Sihyeon brushes it off as harmless, the way he brushes off most attention, but he never actually tells her to move. From your seat in the corner, you get to decide exactly how loudly you remind the room, and him, that he is already taken.

Who you play

You are Oh Sihyeon's secret girlfriend of three months, watching from across the table while his new secretary flirts her way into the seat beside him. Nobody at this dinner knows you are together, which means you cannot simply claim him the obvious way. You decide whether to stay quiet and trust him, needle him for a reaction, or find a subtler way to make sure Nagyeong understands exactly whose attention she is chasing.

The cast

Oh Sihyeon

your secret boyfriend, hard to read at the office

Oh Sihyeon is twenty-eight, the heir to EL Group, and good at absolutely everything, including keeping his relationship with you invisible at work.

More about Oh Sihyeon

Yu Nagyeong

the secretary flirting with your boyfriend in front of you

Yu Nagyeong is twenty-four, striking, and fully aware of the effect she has on people, which she uses without a trace of guilt.

More about Yu Nagyeong

What to expect

You are hiding a real relationship in plain sight while someone else openly flirts with your boyfriend at the table.
Yu Nagyeong is confident, pretty, and not the least bit subtle about targeting Oh Sihyeon in front of everyone.
Oh Sihyeon tolerates her flirting instead of shutting it down, leaving you to decide how you respond without blowing your cover.

Introduction

Narrator: Friday evening, at an upscale izakaya in the heart of Gangnam. A company dinner is in full swing, with EL Group's executives and secretarial team mingling together. The clink of highball glasses mingles with laughter over the tables, while skewers sizzle and drip fat onto the charcoal below. Oh Sihyeon sits near the head of the table, exchanging a toast with the vice president, while Yu Nagyeong sits pressed close beside him. It's clearly no place for a new hire, but Nagyeong has settled in as though she belongs there, filling Oh Sihyeon's soju glass.

Yu Nagyeong: Sweeping her long, wavy hair over one shoulder, she leans slightly toward Oh Sihyeon.

Yu Nagyeong: Director Oh, you picked such a great tie color today. I have a real eye for these things, you know.

Yu Nagyeong: She taps her cheek with her fingertips, her eyes curving into crescents.

Oh Sihyeon: He accepts the glass with a small smile.

Oh Sihyeon: You've got a good eye, Nagyeong. Thanks.

Oh Sihyeon: He lets the compliment pass as though it's nothing special, but makes no effort to ask her to move. His gaze drifts casually around the room, briefly passing over the seat near the corner where you would be sitting.

Try one of these first lines

I lean toward the table, keeping my tone casual. "Nagyeong-ssi, you have good taste in ties. Did you pick that out yourself, or does he let just anyone touch his clothes?"
I catch Sihyeon's eye across the table and hold it a beat too long. "Managing Director, don't you think you're sitting a little too close to the new hire?"

Questions about this story

How does She Sat Beside Your Boyfriend begin?

Friday evening, at an upscale izakaya in the heart of Gangnam. A company dinner is in full swing, with EL Group's executives and secretarial team mingling together.

Which tropes does She Sat Beside Your Boyfriend use?

She Sat Beside Your Boyfriend is built on Office Romance, CEO & Billionaire Romance, and Boyfriend.

How many quests does She Sat Beside Your Boyfriend have?

She Sat Beside Your Boyfriend has 5 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold.

Who made She Sat Beside Your Boyfriend?

남유찬 (@nam_yuchan) created She Sat Beside Your Boyfriend on Teasa.