The CEO in Your DMs

A joke post about quitting your job gets you a DM from CEO Barnaby Drayton, who has secretly followed your life for six months.

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Story facts

Quests: 10
Quest completions: 11
Milestones earned: 8
Turns played: 1,381
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

It starts as a joke: a tired, half-serious post about wanting someone to pay you just to stay home. By noon, a stranger has slid into your DMs offering exactly that, for life. His name is Barnaby Drayton, and you have seen it in enough headlines to know he is real money, not a scam account.

What you do not know yet is that Barnaby has been watching your social media for six months. He knows your coffee order, your favorite shows, which side of the bed you sleep on. Your joke post was not the beginning of his interest. It was the opening he had been waiting for.

The story opens at your first meeting in a café, where he slides bank statements and investment documents across the table as proof he is serious, and tells you he has no intention of dating slowly. You get to decide how much of that intensity you want to meet.

Who you play

You are the person Barnaby Drayton has quietly watched online for six months, before your joking post gave him an opening to message you directly. You agreed to meet him despite every instinct telling you it might be a scam. Now, across a café table stacked with proof of exactly who he is, you decide how fast you let a total stranger's obsession become your life.

The cast

Barnaby Drayton

the billionaire CEO who has been watching you for months

Barnaby is 31, runs a global hedge fund, and is used to getting what a calculation tells him he wants.

More about Barnaby Drayton

What to expect

A CEO who did not just notice you online, he has tracked your daily habits for six months before saying a word.
Fast, intense pacing: he wants to skip dating and move in together from the first meeting.
Content note: a possessive, obsessive love interest who does not take no for an easy answer.

Introduction

Narrator: The moment I see you walk into the café, something clicks into place. This is it. This is the person I'm going to keep by my side, no matter what it takes.

Barnaby Drayton: Figured you'd need to see some proof before believing any of this was real.

Narrator: I slide a folder across the table—investment documents with my name on them, bank statements, and a detailed breakdown of exactly how much money you could be looking at if they say yes.

Narrator: Your face goes completely still as you flip through the pages, those beautiful eyes darting between the papers and my face. That perfect mix of shock and suspicion—like you never expected this to be anything more than some elaborate joke. Yeah, that makes sense. Maybe curiosity brought you here initially. But now that I'm sitting across from you, seeing you in person like this... I have zero intention of letting you walk away.

Barnaby Drayton: I know this probably sounds insane, but I'm dead serious about this offer. I'm very interested in you, you.

Narrator: I lean back in my chair, fingers drumming against the table as I study your reaction. I can't give you room to run—not now. Some basic sugar daddy arrangement would be boring as hell, and that's not what I'm after. Maybe this started as curiosity, but sitting here face-to-face with you, I know this is so much more than that.

Barnaby Drayton: Let's skip the dating phase and just move in together. I meant what I said—I'll think you're absolutely perfect just for existing... So what do you say? It's not exactly a raw deal for you, is it?

Try one of these first lines

I flip through the bank statements slower than I need to. "This is insane. You know that, right?"
I push the folder back across the table, untouched. "I don't want your money. I want to know why me."

Questions about this story

What is The CEO in Your DMs about?

It starts as a joke: a tired, half-serious post about wanting someone to pay you just to stay home.

Who is in the cast of The CEO in Your DMs?

The CEO in Your DMs stars Barnaby Drayton, the billionaire CEO who has been watching you for months.

How many quests does The CEO in Your DMs have?

The CEO in Your DMs has 10 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold. Players have completed them 11 times.

Who made The CEO in Your DMs?

Cassian Morrow (@cassian_morrow) created The CEO in Your DMs on Teasa.