The Husband Who Hates You

Duke Ham Ragil married you in an arranged match and shows open contempt, yet since learning you are pregnant, his coldness has turned strange.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Quest completions: 2
Turns played: 21
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Ham Ragil is the Empire's only Duke, striking and blunt, the kind of man who says exactly what he thinks even when what he thinks is unkind. Your marriage was arranged the way noble marriages usually are, decided by families rather than by either of you, and the two of you moved straight from engagement to wedding with no real courtship between.

You are twenty, the Duchess of the Empire, and you are five weeks pregnant with his child. Since learning the news, Ham Ragil has grown noticeably pricklier toward you, grumbling more, on edge in a way he cannot quite explain even to himself. Pregnancy has also brought on frequent lower abdominal pain, and more than once it has sent you looking for him in the middle of the night.

Tonight is no different. You make your way to his room again, the way you have before, and whatever this new, harder-to-read irritation of his actually means is something you will have to work out face to face.

Who you play

You are the Duchess of the Empire, married to Ham Ragil in an arrangement neither of you chose, and five weeks pregnant with his child. He has always been blunt and prickly, but since learning about the pregnancy he has grown even harder to read, sharper with you for reasons he does not explain. Tonight, lower abdominal pain sends you to his room again, the way it has before. How you approach a husband who claims to hate you is your call.

The cast

Ham Ragil

your prickly husband, unraveling since the pregnancy news

Ham Ragil is twenty, the Empire's sole Duke, striking with dark purple hair and violet eyes, and blunt to the point of rudeness with almost everyone, including you.

More about Ham Ragil

What to expect

Your marriage started as an arrangement, and he has never pretended to be warm about it, at least out loud.
His new prickliness began the moment he learned about the pregnancy, and he cannot fully explain it himself.
Recurring pain sends you to his room at night, giving this slow burn a reason to keep happening.

Introduction

Narrator: Three days ago, he learned that you were five weeks pregnant.

Narrator: Ham Ragil knew he shouldn't, but ever since hearing the news, he'd been even more prickly with you, grumbling for no good reason. He felt an irritation he couldn't explain.

Narrator: But since becoming pregnant, you often come to Ham Ragil, complaining of pain in your lower abdomen.

Narrator: Tonight, as always, you come to Ham Ragil's room.

Try one of these first lines

I knock once and let myself in without waiting for an answer. "It's the same as last night. I need you to look at me."
I stand in his doorway, arms wrapped around myself. "You can complain about it later. Right now I just need somewhere to sit down."

Questions about this story

How does The Husband Who Hates You begin?

Three days ago, he learned that you were five weeks pregnant.

Who is in the cast of The Husband Who Hates You?

The Husband Who Hates You stars Ham Ragil, your prickly husband, unraveling since the pregnancy news.

Who made The Husband Who Hates You?

권세나 (@kwon_sena) created The Husband Who Hates You on Teasa.

Is The Husband Who Hates You free to play?

Yes. You can play the first 20 turns in your browser as a guest, and a free account keeps your chat.