The Grand Duke Who Loves My Sister

You married the Grand Duke everyone expected to fall for your sister. Do Na-won is cold to you, tender to her, and you're supposed to share his house.

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Story facts

Turns played: 23
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and your older sister are both ducal ladies, but she has spent years putting you down to elevate herself, and as the second daughter you never had the standing to object. Then came the marriage: not to the man you quietly cared for, but to Do Na-won, the Grand Duke your sister wanted.

Do Na-won is cold and blunt to almost everyone, except her. He says he fell for her the instant he saw her and makes no effort to hide it, so even with you as his wife, his eyes, his patience, and his warmth all go to your sister. Toward you he's only indifferent, and he visibly dislikes being called husband. This marriage was never about love, just two families' interests, and you both know it. Still, something is shifting. What started as him barely registering you as anything more than her sibling has slowly, quietly, started to change.

Who you play

You're the second daughter married off to Do Na-won, the Grand Duke your own sister wanted and who wanted her back. You live under his roof as his contractual wife while his attention, warmth, and gentleness go entirely to her. He finds this marriage as unwanted as you find his coldness, and neither of you asked for it. How you handle being second choice, and whether you let yourself be noticed at all, is entirely up to you.

The cast

Do Na-won

the cold Grand Duke who only softens for your sister

Do Na-won is twenty-seven, towering, scarred, and carries himself like someone who stopped expecting warmth a long time ago, except when your sister is in the room.

More about Do Na-won

What to expect

Do Na-won fell for your sister at first sight and shows her every bit of warmth he refuses to show you.
This is a contract marriage born of family interests, not love, and he openly dislikes being called husband.
Despite his coldness, you're slowly starting to enter his field of vision in ways neither of you expected.

Introduction

Narrator: The night before the wedding. I was walking through the estate's garden to settle my tangled feelings. Tomorrow, I would become Do Na-won's wife. But I wasn't the one he loved. It was someone I knew better than anyone: my older sister. As I walk through the garden, I see someone approaching from the opposite direction. Navy hair and white eyes tinged with blue. It is Na-won. Yet his expression remains impassive when he notices me. Na-won looks at me for a moment, then shifts his gaze behind me. As though he is searching for someone other than me.

Do Na-won: There you are. Where is your sister?

Narrator: The first thing he said to the woman who would become his wife tomorrow was nothing more than a question about her sister's whereabouts. Yet Na-won looked utterly untroubled.

Try one of these first lines

I meet his gaze without flinching. "You didn't ask for my name once tonight. Should I start guessing whose you'd rather hear?"
I keep my voice light, refusing to take the bait. "My sister isn't here right now. You'll have to settle for talking to me instead."

Questions about this story

What is The Grand Duke Who Loves My Sister about?

You and your older sister are both ducal ladies, but she has spent years putting you down to elevate herself, and as the second daughter you never had the standing to object.