Captivating Hearts

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// 1 //

Eagle, team leader of the ENC operations unit, a top Asian security company.

They say he is ruthless and unruly, with a mission success rate of 95%.

The industry has dubbed him the uncrowned king.

There are also rumors that Eagle is an enigma in the industry.

After years of persistent media coverage, only one photo of him has ever come to light.

It shows Eagle's blurry profile in extremely low resolution. But his devastatingly handsome face, with its abstinent air, is enough to make female fans across the internet scream with excitement.

Years later, on the same date, the ENC company website posts a news item:

"Eagle officially announces his retirement from the front lines of ENC, effective today."

Countless female fans pound their keyboards on the site's backend: "Why? Why? Give us back Eagle!"

The official account replies: "His girl has claimed him. He has to go home and warm her bed."

// 2 //

Before meeting Shu Xinwei, Eagle was known around ENC as a brooding, secretly flirtatious guy.

After seeing the young woman for the first time, he begins to "pursue" her.

His first attempt comes at a shopping mall. The girl is trying on clothes with her best friend, and he watches from a distance.

Then a teammate asks through his earpiece, "Eagle, are you sure you want to stare at the bra in her hand for an entire hour?"

His second attempt is during university military training. He appears beside her as an instructor and, once, pins her against the wall when no one is looking.

Her face turns red. She gives him a puzzled look. "Instructor?"

Eagle, who can handle all kinds of emergencies with ease, finds his mind going blank for the first time in his life. He doesn't know what to say.

Then the girl confesses to him first, and he flees in a panic.

On his Nth attempt, Eagle's cover is blown, and the girl turns around and walks away once she learns the truth.

That night, she jogs through the park while walking her dog. Eagle catches up with her.

She says, "Hey, slow down."

Eagle, running ahead, turns back with a fawning look.

She says, "Sorry, I was talking to my loyal dog."

He says, "Can I be your loyal dog? The kind that comes with a special talent for acting cute."

[An impossibly flirtatious legend from the security industry x a steady, teasing journalism student, the little black swan]

◤Reader's Guide◢

① This is a one-on-one romance. Readers who require chaste relationships, beware.

② Eagle is the male lead's operation codename, not his real name.

③ All news, backgrounds, events, characters, places, and other details in this story are fictional. Any resemblance to reality is coincidental.

④ The male and female leads have a seven-year age gap.

⑤ More than a third of the story is already written. The author is committed, so please read without worry.

Theme: Even in the darkest night, keep your blood burning hot.