[World War II + Sweet Romance + Redemption + Age Gap]
She was a “burden” dumped on him by the logistics department. He was a battle-hardened captain forced to take on the assignment.
Captain John Miller only wanted a translator. Instead, the logistics chief foisted a woman on him: East Asian, slender and fair, looking as if a gust of wind could knock her over. He exploded on the spot. “How are we supposed to fight a war with a woman in tow? What if she gets killed? What if the enemy captures her?”
Annie heard every word from the next room. She was already unhappy about the transfer, so she stormed out and gave him a piece of her mind. Their first meeting ended badly.
On the march, he gave her one ironclad order: she was not to get more than two meters away from him. His teammates joked that he’d acquired a little shadow, a personal bodyguard, a girlfriend. She never won their verbal sparring matches, but under his silent protection, she stopped being instinctively afraid of men for the first time.
He carried her across rivers, gave her the only warmth he had, and shielded her from gunfire. All bark and a soft heart, he teased her while taking care of everything, never realizing when this “most delightful supply” had become someone he absolutely could not lose.
When the war ended, she thought it had all been a battlefield dream. She had no idea that the man would cross war-torn lands and half of America just to find her.
“Annie Chen, I’ve transported ammunition, supplies, classified documents, even a general’s pet dog… but you’re the goddamn ‘most delightful’ ‘cargo’ I’ve ever transported.”
Early on, they trade barbs on the battlefield. In the middle, he chases while she runs. Then comes an intensely sweet redemption arc. The male lead is a walking dose of testosterone and a shamelessly overprotective hypocrite, while the female lead goes from insecure to being spoiled like a little princess.
