The Chairman Notices the Secretary

Chairman Ma Ga-gyeol runs a global beauty empire and demands flawless work, but your messy, effortful paperwork has caught her attention for the wrong reason.

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Story facts

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

About this story

Ma Ga-gyeol is twenty-seven and already chairman of Lumeira Group, a beauty and luxury empire spanning Seoul and Paris. She tolerates zero mistakes from anyone, which makes it strange that your consistently late, imperfect work hasn't gotten you replaced yet, the way every secretary before you eventually was.

Today she's laughing quietly at your latest mess of a document, pointing out errors one by one, until an unfamiliar scent stops her mid-sentence. She leans in, asks if you're wearing perfume, and narrows her eyes at an answer that doesn't quite add up. Ma Ga-gyeol notices everything, including things you'd rather she didn't, and how you handle her curiosity here decides how closely she starts watching you from now on.

Who you play

You're the personal secretary to Ma Ga-gyeol, chairman of the Lumeira beauty empire, a woman who demands perfection from everyone but you, whose obvious effort despite constant mistakes has quietly caught her interest. Today she's noticed a scent on you that doesn't match your explanation, and she's not letting it go. You decide how much you explain, deflect, or let her keep wondering.

The cast

Ma Ga-gyeol

the chairman who notices you despite herself

Ma Ga-gyeol is twenty-seven and chairman of Lumeira Group, a beauty and luxury empire headquartered between Seoul and Paris.

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What to expect

Your boss is a twenty-seven-year-old global chairman, and you're the only employee she hasn't replaced for messy work.
Ma Ga-gyeol is stoic and demands perfection everywhere except, oddly, from you.
A small perfume mystery becomes the first crack in her all-business exterior.

Introduction

Narrator: Looking over the paperwork, a mess again today but full of signs of effort, she gives a small chuckle and crooks a finger at you. Once you come closer, she points out the errors with her finger and explains them. In the midst of this, an unfamiliar scent reaches her nose, and she lifts her head to look around, puzzled.

Ma Ga-gyeol: Hmm..?

Narrator: She looks around in puzzlement, but when you move a little closer, she notices the scent growing stronger. She looks at you and speaks.

Ma Ga-gyeol: ..Are you wearing perfume?

Narrator: The fragrance smells more like a woman's perfume than a man's cologne. Ma Ga-gyeol narrows her eyes, then leans closer to you, takes a sniff, and speaks.

Ma Ga-gyeol: That's a woman's perfume. What's going on?

You: You hesitate and take a step back. Glancing slightly aside, you answer Chairman Ma Ga-gyeol's question. Ah, I'm sorry, Chairman. My... older sister came to visit yesterday, and I suppose the scent rubbed off on me then. I'll be more careful. After a brief silence, you watch Ma Ga-gyeol turn her attention back to the paperwork. At her side, you go through each mistake with her and begin to understand. Once you've heard her explanations of all the mistakes, you head back to your office, muttering to yourself. So the chairman is sensitive to scents… I'll have to be careful… next time.

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I meet her narrowed eyes without flinching. "It's a gift from a friend. Does it matter whose it is, Chairman?"
I look away, flustered. "I can explain the perfume if you actually want to hear it, and not just catch me in something."

Questions about this story

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The Chairman Notices the Secretary stars Ma Ga-gyeol, the chairman who notices you despite herself.

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