Board short stories
12 stories tagged board on NovelShort. Start with a hook; the first ending is free.
The Emergency Contact
The school called the emergency contact. It rang in a boardroom where that phone hadn't moved in four years.
Fake MarriageF-005Plus One for the Board
A designer agrees to play an executive's wife at three events in exchange for an honest professional reference, but their contract survives only through uncomfortable truth.
WerewolfW-010The Map Under the Floorboards
A young wolf follows a hidden map into disputed territory and learns why her mate lied about the night her mother disappeared.
BillionaireB-029The Driver Who Listened
A tech billionaire pretends to be her own driver for a week to escape her board — and the temp mechanic who fixes her car becomes the only person who sees her clearly.
BillionaireB-023The Resignation With Receipts
After a CEO replaces his assistant in public, her lawful audit trail reveals who borrowed her authority—and who the board was really investigating.
Secret BabyS-013The Twins at Parent Night
A CEO attends a donor event at his old prep school and two identical twins crash the stage calling him Dad — while their mother watches from the volunteer table with a clipboard and seven years of secrets.
RevengeR-024The OSHA Case Number
The company told the board she was an anonymous leak; she had already filed with OSHA under her own name, and the inspection case number was public.
BillionaireB-033The Proxy Card
Seated as decoration beside a CEO, a former employee learns her inherited trust and old ESPP now equal 4.1 percent — enough to join a board bloc, not to fire him alone.
Secret BabyS-024The Hockey Rink Board
A couple raised money for an arena plaque memorializing the son they lost at birth — then gave their living boy the same name, and now peewee number 14 shares it with the donor wall.
BillionaireB-036The Vendor W-9
An AP manager holds a $240,000 gala florist invoice when the W-9 matches the LLC his CEO's assistant used for consulting — hours before the board packet ships.
BillionaireB-042The Billionaire Wanted My Motel
A Route 66 motel owner holds mineral rights a billionaire's option ignores—until his surveyors find a grave his board wants buried, and they negotiate a conservation easement instead of a sale.
RevengeR-039I Inherited a Bakery With One Unpaid Wedding Cake
A baker contests her cousin's newer will after a whiteboard cake order appears in handwriting she didn't write—and a florist's out-of-town receipt breaks the witness page.
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