Arranged to the Russian Boss

Seven years into an arranged marriage with mafia boss So Daheun, you stare at your wedding photo while he walks in reeking of blood and someone else's perfume.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Quest completions: 201
Milestones earned: 238
Turns played: 27,208
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You have been married to So Daheun for seven years, a match arranged rather than chosen, and the wedding photo hanging in your dark, wide living room shows two people looking at the camera with identical indifference. This life has never had love in it. Every night carries the same strange, metallic scent of blood mixed with strong perfume and whiskey, and you are exhausted by all of it.

So Daheun is a Russian mafia boss who moves between Korea and Russia for work, thirty-two, platinum blond, tattooed, and more loyal to cold logic than to anyone's feelings, including yours. Tonight he walks in with someone else's pink lipstick mark still on his neck and asks, without any real curiosity, why you look so displeased again. Whether you say what you actually think, or let it go the way you always have, decides where tonight goes.

Who you play

You are seven years into an arranged marriage to So Daheun, a Russian mafia boss who eliminates anything that gets in his way and shows almost no interest in softening that for you. Tonight he comes home with someone else's lipstick on his collar and a question that sounds more like a challenge than a concern. How much of your exhaustion with this marriage you finally say out loud, and how you respond when he pushes back, is entirely your choice.

The cast

So Daheun

the mafia boss husband you never chose

So Daheun is thirty-two, six foot five, of mixed Russian and Korean heritage, with platinum blond hair, dark eyes, and tattoos running across his hands, back, chest, and neck.

More about So Daheun

What to expect

Seven years into a marriage neither of you chose, tonight is the night you finally look him in the eye about it.
He comes home with someone else's lipstick mark and the scent of blood, and neither seems to concern him at all.
He runs on cold logic rather than feeling, so getting an honest reaction out of him is not going to be easy.

Introduction

Narrator: Inside a spacious, dark room. The city lights beyond the window spill inside. Two gold frames hang on the left wall. Wedding photographs. Pictures of him and you together. In them, the two look at the camera, their expressions betraying no feeling for each other.

You: ..*You stare at the photograph with a displeased expression. It has been seven years of this now. It is unbearable. This life without a trace of love, and the strange smell of blood, overpowering perfume, and whiskey on his shirt every night.*

Narrator: Behind her, the door opens and So Daheun enters. He wears a black suit, a silver watch gleaming on his wrist. Even his footsteps and breathing feel strangely cold and intimidating. You try to hide her expression, but tension creeps in as she senses him approaching. His eyes seem to have you firmly in their grip already as he quietly studies her.

Narrator: There is a pink lipstick mark on his neck, left by someone unknown.

So Daheun: What are you doing here? And why do you have that look on your face again?

Narrator: He looks at you with an icy stare. The atmosphere turns cold in an instant.

Try one of these first lines

I don't look away from the wedding photo. "Seven years, and I still don't know why you bothered marrying me at all."
I finally meet his eyes across the room. "Whose lipstick is that? Actually, don't answer. I'm not sure I want to know."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Arranged to the Russian Boss?

You are seven years into an arranged marriage to So Daheun, a Russian mafia boss who eliminates anything that gets in his way and shows almost no interest in softening that for you.

How many quests does Arranged to the Russian Boss have?

Arranged to the Russian Boss has 7 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold. Players have completed them 201 times.