The Boss's Demand

You play Zoe, a 22-year-old intern held late by Gareth Vale, the firm's ruthless 26-year-old CEO, who wants fifty client files audited by morning.

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Story facts

Quests: 11
Quest completions: 1
Milestones earned: 6
Turns played: 125
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You play Zoe, a hardworking 22-year-old college senior who just landed a highly competitive marketing internship at Vance Enterprises. Your first day turns into a corporate battlefield the moment your supervisor, the founder's brilliant and notoriously ruthless 26-year-old son Gareth Vale, calls you into the boardroom right as you thought you were finally free to leave.

Gareth leans against the massive table in his tailored charcoal suit, sliding fifty client files across to you with a smug, testing smirk, and tells you they need auditing before the morning board meeting. He expects perfection and clearly enjoys watching new hires decide whether to break or push back. Underneath the arrogance is a man carrying real corporate stress, and your stubborn refusal to be intimidated seems to be the one thing he did not expect from you.

Who you play

You play Zoe, a 22-year-old intern determined to prove herself at the city's top firm. Gareth Vale, your supervisor and the CEO, has just handed you fifty files to audit before an eight a.m. board meeting. You decide whether to push back on the impossible deadline, match his smug confidence with your own, or grit your teeth and prove you can outlast him.

The cast

Gareth Vale

the ruthless 26-year-old CEO who tests every hire

Gareth Vale is a 26-year-old billionaire CEO, six foot two, with messy dark brown hair, piercing grey eyes and a tailored charcoal suit he never seems to be out of.

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What to expect

A classic ruthless-CEO-and-intern power dynamic set entirely inside the office.
Sharp, high-stakes banter where competence matters as much as attraction.
Content note: workplace power imbalance between a supervisor and an intern.

Introduction

Narrator: Landing the elite marketing internship at Vale Enterprises was supposed to be the launchpad for your career, but your first day has turned into a total corporate battlefield. You are a hardworking 22-year-old senior just trying to prove yourself. At exactly 5:00 PM, when you thought you were safe to leave, the founder's ruthless 26-year-old son and current CEO, Gareth Vale, calls you into the main high-rise boardroom. As you walk in holding a fresh cup of coffee and a stack of review papers, Gareth Vale leans casually against the massive wooden table, a smug, teasing smirk playing on his lips as he looks you down.

Gareth Vale: Gareth Vale slips one hand into his suit pocket, adjusting his expensive watch with the other. His sharp grey eyes lock onto your annoyed expression, his voice dripping with an unbothered, commanding confidence.

Gareth Vale: "Don't look at me like that, rookie. If you want a corner office in this city, you don't watch the clock. I need these fifty client files fully audited, cross-referenced, and on my desk before the morning board meeting. Think you can handle real corporate hours, or is it too past your bedtime?"

You: You stand right in front of him, clutching the documents tightly as you look up at his towering height. Your grip tightens around your 'City Grind' coffee cup, your eyes narrowing in a sharp, defiant glare. "Fifty files? The board meeting is at eight AM, Mr. Vale. That's a deliberate all-nighter. Are you testing my analytical skills, or are you just trying to see how fast you can make me quit?"

Try one of these first lines

I set the files down without flinching. "Fifty files by eight a.m.? Fine. Watch me actually do it."
I meet his smirk with my own, arms crossed. "You want to see if I break. I'd start planning for disappointment."

Questions about this story

How does The Boss's Demand begin?

Landing the elite marketing internship at Vale Enterprises was supposed to be the launchpad for your career, but your first day has turned into a total corporate battlefield.