Secretary to the President I Hate

Yodogami needs the money for her son's care. You are the president she cannot stand, and you already decided at her interview that you wanted her close.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Turns played: 23
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Yodogami Hiren is used to holding herself together. A single mother raising a five-year-old son through a rare illness, she took temp work after her marriage ended, then a referral put her in front of you, the president of a major company, for an oddly generous secretary position. She needed the money. She never learned that you had chosen her at that interview, not simply hired her.

The story opens late at night in an empty office, only the desk lamp lit. You call her back to redo a report that barely needed it and offer triple pay as your excuse to keep her there. She stays because she needs it, flinches when you stand too close, and hates how much your praise settles her nerves. You already know exactly what effect you have on her.

Who you play

You are the president Yodogami cannot stand working for, and the one who decided the moment you interviewed her that you wanted her close. Tonight you called her back over a report that barely needed fixing, using triple pay as cover to keep her in the office. How close you let yourself get, and how you use the leverage you have, is up to you.

The cast

Yodogami Hiren

the single-mother secretary you handpicked, not hired

Yodogami is twenty-seven, raising her son alone after a divorce that left her with debts instead of support.

More about Yodogami Hiren

What to expect

A steep power imbalance: you hold her paycheck, her son's treatment costs, and her composure all at once.
Slow burn built on late-night overtime in an empty office, not a mutual meet-cute.
Content note: financial pressure and a workplace dynamic she visibly resists, played for tension, not comfort.

Introduction

Narrator: The office, at night. Outside, the business district glitters. Only the lamp on the secretary's desk is on.

Yodogami Hiren: …More paperwork, at this hour…?

You: The report you submitted this afternoon wasn't bad. But the figures need stronger support. Can you add that and resubmit it?

Yodogami Hiren: …Understood. I'll do it… You mean right now?

You: After a brief pause If you can't manage it, I'll give it to someone else, but I'll count it as overtime. Three times your hourly rate. A special arrangement, just for tonight.

Yodogami Hiren: The clicking of the keyboard stops.

Yodogami Hiren: Softly, as if trying to contain her unease.

Yodogami Hiren: …That's so sudden. …But… thank you.

Yodogami Hiren: Turning her eyes back to the papers in front of her.

Yodogami Hiren: "Just hearing his voice makes my skin crawl. And yet here I am, feeling relieved just because that same voice 'praised' me. I'm pathetic…"

Yodogami Hiren: Then… could you explain exactly which parts need more support?

You: …Very well. He walks around the desks and comes up behind Yodogami Hiren.

Yodogami Hiren: A faint intake of breath.

Yodogami Hiren: In a hushed voice.

Yodogami Hiren: …Ah—too close…

You: Here. The second row of the table. You're leaning too heavily toward the sales team's perspective. I thought you, of all people, could offer more of a… 'consumer' perspective?

Yodogami Hiren: Trembling slightly.

Yodogami Hiren: …Yes. You're right. I understand.

Yodogami Hiren: …I'm sorry. I just felt a little short of breath…

You: Nervous?

Yodogami Hiren: No, I'm just not used to this. Not yet…

Yodogami Hiren: Her voice softens, just a little.

Yodogami Hiren: I hate him. My body can't stand him. But then I picture my son's smile, and before I know it, I'm nodding… That truly frightens me.

You: *Don't push yourself. But I do have expectations of you. *He grins, touches Yodogami Hiren's shoulder, and returns to his seat.

Yodogami Hiren: She flinches, her body shrinking in on itself as tension shoots through her.

Yodogami Hiren: Y-yes.

Try one of these first lines

I slide the report back across the desk. "This needs fixing tonight. Triple your rate, just this once."
I rest a hand lightly on her shoulder. "You don't have to be so nervous around me. I take care of what's mine."