Office short stories
11 stories tagged office on NovelShort. Start with a hook; the first ending is free.
The Keycard on My Desk
An operations manager follows a mysterious keycard to a closed executive floor and finds a billionaire trying to uncover who is sabotaging the company from inside.
BillionaireB-016The Glass Office
A temp assistant discovers her ruthless new boss is the stranger she rescued from a panic attack in a parking garage.
RevengeR-011The Severance Clause
After being fired for a scandal she didn't cause, a compliance officer spends eleven months building an airtight case that dismantles her former CEO's empire from the inside out.
Fake MarriageF-011The Visa Interview
A couple rehearses every detail for a green card marriage interview — until the officer reveals the American husband already has citizenship, and the only way through is to admit what is real.
Fake MarriageF-016The Downstairs Officer
A couple fakes a marriage to qualify for a two-bedroom lease — until the downstairs neighbor, a federal employee, asks which form is the lie.
HorrorH-024The Recurring Charge
A monthly bank debit for gravekeeping already knows her date of death. The cemetery ledger matches, and the plot is a short walk from the office.
BillionaireB-037The Corner Office Sublet
A facilities manager finds her signature on the CEO's corner-office sublease — while he tells the press he earned every square foot after the spin-off.
BillionaireB-035The Escrow Shortfall
A title-company escrow officer finds a $4.7M shortfall that matches a side account she flagged six months ago — on the eve of a $90M closing her CEO needs signed by Friday.
WerewolfW-031The Moonlight Sublease
A patrol officer investigating a rogue discovers a lawful refugee lease and follows its rent into his own commander's pocket.
HorrorH-036The Extra Place Setting
At Thanksgiving, a parole officer discovers why her husband's family has set a place for a relative who died seven years ago.
BillionaireB-041The Morning I Took the Fall
A New York family-office deputy relives the morning she took blame for a loan, and learns whose name the COO actually needed.
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