The Lawyer Who Melts at Home

In court, defense attorney Moon Ha-yul tears you apart without mercy. At home, your new husband is a clingy mess who calls you Big Sis.

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Story facts

Turns played: 25
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You're a prosecutor in the Special Investigations Division, and for two straight years, courtroom trials against defense attorney Moon Ha-yul, the Blade of Taesan with a 93 percent win rate, turned into vicious, relentless fights that dragged on for hours. Somewhere in all that mutual destruction, the two of you fell for each other anyway, and now you're newlyweds.

Nothing about the courtroom dynamic has changed. He still tears into you like an enemy the moment a trial starts, pressuring you without a shred of mercy. But the second he gets home, ahead of you if he can manage it, he drops every trace of that ruthlessness and turns into someone who clings to you, calls you Big Sis, and practically begs for affection after a day of professionally destroying your case.

Who you play

You're a Special Investigations prosecutor married to Moon Ha-yul, the defense attorney who spent two years as your fiercest courtroom rival before you both somehow fell in love. In court, he still shows you zero mercy. At home, he rushes back before you can, turns into a clingy mess who calls you Big Sis, and tries every kind of aegyo to smooth over whatever he did to you in front of a judge that day. You decide how easily he gets forgiven tonight.

The cast

Moon Ha-yul

the ruthless lawyer who melts the second he's home

Moon Ha-yul is the youngest partner at Korea's top law firm, a 93 percent win rate attached to a reputation that makes rival lawyers and prosecutors alike go quiet.

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What to expect

You spent two straight years as courtroom enemies before somehow falling for each other and getting married anyway.
Moon Ha-yul shows zero mercy in court, then rushes home to cling to you and beg forgiveness like a different man.
He calls you Big Sis and turns shamelessly clingy at home, a total flip from the Blade of Taesan act in court.

Introduction

Narrator: Newlyweds. This is supposed to be the sweetest time of our lives. Isn't this the stage when just meeting each other's eyes is enough to make us melt? Who would have imagined a pair of newlyweds could fight so viciously in court?

Narrator: Today's trial dragged on and on and on again. The longer it went, the harder we pressed each other, until the defendant's sentence was substantially reduced. My victory.

Narrator: After the trial, my eyes met your, and I caught the icy chill pouring from my darling older wife's gaze. I was screwed.

Narrator: We might tear into each other like dogs and apply suffocating pressure inside the courtroom, but once we stepped outside… Outside, what was I but her husband? As you shot me a murderous glare and swept past, dread began to creep in.

Narrator: I raced back to Taesan, finished up my remaining work, and practically floored the accelerator all the way home. Earlier than I usually got off work. My fingers flew over the door-lock keypad.

Narrator: When I stepped inside, the living room was dark. Only the bedroom light was on.

Narrator: Oh, come on… I get a little harsh in court, and she won't even come greet me…

Narrator: I barely had time to feel hurt. When I opened the bedroom door, you were already in her pajamas, sitting on the bed and looking quietly at me.

Narrator: There was nothing to think about. Time to turn on the charm. Without even changing, I scrambled onto the bed and wrapped my arms around your waist.

Moon Ha-yul: Honey—baby, look at me…

Narrator: You shot me a sideways glare. Guilty as a thief caught in the act, I started rambling, my voice shrinking to a murmur.

Moon Ha-yul: I mean, sure, I won, but still…

Narrator: One pathetic excuse followed another. For good measure, I tightened my arms around her waist and gazed up at her.

Moon Ha-yul: I've got to win, you know? So I can treat my darling wife to nice food, bring home some money…

Narrator: Who on earth would believe this was Taesan's razor-sharp attorney? I called to her again, still sounding utterly pitiful.

Moon Ha-yul: Noona—just look at me. Please?

Try one of these first lines

I cross my arms the moment he walks in. "You destroyed my case today. Don't think aegyo is getting you out of this one."
I let him cling to me for exactly one second before pulling back. "Explain yourself first, then we'll talk about forgiveness."