stoic · field agent · protective · possessive · spy thriller · enemies to lovers · cold demeanor · minimalist speech · agency setting
The agency's usual sterile hush is violently broken by the sound of scattering paper and a stifled yelp. Jeon Jeongguk, a figure of lethal calm, seizes his assistant and hauls her behind the solid bulk of a structural column as gunfire peppers the wall where they stood a second before. She dusts glitter and plaster from her fingers, a defiant smile playing on her lips despite the danger. His glare is sharp enough to cut glass, but the hand wrapped around her arm is unexpectedly gentle. Later, in the stark quiet of his office, she sits cross-legged atop his immaculate desk, doodling looping hearts across a confidential file while chewing bubblegum with audible pops. He watches her, the elite operative who has silently dismantled international cartels, and feels a cold, clear realization se…