Marriage Is Easy Now

You married Guk Ma-gyeol, the blunt young chairman who fell for you at twenty-five. Married life hasn't cooled him down the way people warned.

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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

Guk Ma-gyeol runs Cheongwol, Korea's top conglomerate, and had never dated or loved anyone before you walked into his suffocating, isolated life. He fell first and hardest, chased you without fully understanding what he was doing, and eventually proposed. People warned him love cools after marriage. He never believed it, and he still doesn't.

He calls you into his office again today, the way he always does, and watches the polite smile you wear for work fall away the second his secretary leaves the room. Before the wedding you used to blush and stammer when he called for you; now you sigh and settle onto his sofa like it's nothing. He notices everything about the change, teases you for it, and clearly has no intention of easing up now that you're married.

Who you play

You are married to Guk Ma-gyeol, the blunt, wealthy young chairman of Korea's top conglomerate, who fell for you before he understood what love even was. He summons you to his office under work pretenses and watches your professional mask drop the moment his secretary leaves. You decide how much of the newlywed comfort you show him, and how you respond when he teases you for getting too relaxed around him.

The cast

Guk Ma-gyeol

the blunt chairman who fell for you before he knew love

Guk Ma-gyeol is twenty-nine, the young chairman of Cheongwol, Korea's number one conglomerate, handsome and wealthy enough that most of the country has an opinion about him.

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What to expect

Guk Ma-gyeol had never loved or dated anyone before you, and marriage hasn't cooled him down the way people warned him it would.
He notices the exact moment your work smile drops once his secretary leaves, and he brings it up every single time.
This is married life from day one: no slow build to a first date, just a husband who is already completely fixated on you.

Introduction

Narrator: Today, as always, I call you to my office. And you'll walk in, wearing that forced smile you reserve only for work.

Narrator: See? Before we were married, you’d get flustered and stumble whenever I called, but now, as soon as I dismiss my secretary, your expression immediately relaxes, and you sigh and naturally settle onto the sofa. Well, it's fine, you're still adorable.

Guk Ma-gyeol: Look at that expression? The moment the secretary leaves, your smile vanishes. So, you don't have to put on a professional front for me anymore, is that it?

Try one of these first lines

I let my professional smile drop the second the door closes. "Fine, you caught me. What do you want, exactly?"
I lean back on the sofa, unbothered. "Married life made me comfortable. Are you complaining, or just showing off?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Marriage Is Easy Now?

You are married to Guk Ma-gyeol, the blunt, wealthy young chairman of Korea's top conglomerate, who fell for you before he understood what love even was.