Love Began with the First Meeting

After expressing his gratitude towards Brian, William hung up the phone. He raised his eyes to look at the military officer, who seemed curious and confused. "Contact the senior military officer from A Army and tell him that the problem has been taken care of. Tell the hospital in our military region to send a helicopter to A City to bring Captain Edgar Gu and Maggie Du back. Send a physician and a surgeon with the helicopter."

"Yes, sir!" The military officer stood at attention and saluted William, before turning around and marching out of the door.

Before long a team consisting of a physician, a surgeon and Daniel boarded the helicopter to A City. Daniel was accompanied by Seahawk and Gerd, the two members of the Falcon Commando. Daniel thought to bring backup with him in case an unexpected situation presented itself. They had to make sure they could bring Edgar and Maggie back to S Army safely.

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Edgar peered deep into Maggie's eyes as if he had caught something strange in the girl's eyes. Whatever it was, it was neither affection nor resentment. Her eyes displayed a wide spectrum of ambivalent emotions, making it difficult for him to tell what she was thinking about. "Did you know that Mr. Brian Long was going to send a team to assist us?" Maggie asked.

Shaking his head in denial, Edgar answered, "I made a guess at the possibility, but I wasn't entirely sure of it. Apparently, Molly was concerned about me so she asked Mr. Long to help us. But none of us knew whether he was considering it or not." After all, XK Intelligence Agency had to follow a certain chain of command before taking a decision. Although they shared a common enemy, Brian could not be seen to be directly involved in their mission. That was probably why it was Eric who had come to their rescue in the end. Maggie's eyes glazed over and she said, "What if I had failed to crack the code in time?"

A faint smile appeared at the corners of Edgar's mouth and he answered, "I believed in your ability. Otherwise, I would not have picked you for the mission." The Eagle Special Brigade had many talents at their service, so Maggie was not the only option available to Edgar. However, he knew that Maggie was the only person who would be able to keep calm and perform steadily in face of danger.

She had proved him right.

Maggie's heart skipped a beat and she fell silent upon hearing Edgar's praise. As a soldier who had taken part in countless training operations, she understood what Edgar meant.

Despite the smile at the corners of his mouth, a feeling of fear lingered in Edgar's heart even after everything had worked out for them. In fact, he had failed to perform calmly at the time of danger. Instead of worrying about the main objective of their mission, he found himself worrying more about Maggie's safety. If it weren't for Brian's assistance, Maggie would have most likely died there with him. She was only twenty-five years old. Her life had just begun. When these thoughts came to his mind, Edgar started to regret his choices. Fortunately, everything had gone better than planned. Now that Maggie was safe, he would not have to face the disappointment of William, both as a leader and as a father.

When they got on the helicopter, Maggie looked at Daniel, who looked stranger than his usual self, and then she looked at Seahawk and Gerd, whose faces were covered with smiles. She didn't bother to ask them why they were looking at her like that because she knew they weren't going to give her a straightforward answer. Discontentedly, she mumbled something to herself and then turned her head aside.

Amused by her annoyance, Gerd and Seahawk looked at each other at the same time and grinned. Gerd turned to Daniel, "Captain, do you think what Mr. Eric Long said is true?" Due to the frequent joint military training sessions they participated in, Eric was no stranger to members of Falcon Commando.

Daniel took a look at Maggie, who didn't know what Gerd meant, and then at Edgar, who was sound asleep on a stretcher. With a faint smile at the corners of his mouth, Daniel answered, "It doesn't matter whether it's true or false, you can't tell anybody when we go back. If I hear anything about that from anybody else, you two will have to spent seven days and seven nights in the wastelands."

Gerd and Seahawk almost immediately covered their mouths with their hands before assuring Daniel, "Don't worry, Captain. Our lips are sealed." The two of them then cast a look at Maggie and smiled. Intentional or not, it was something that was yet to be determined. Maggie felt uncomfortable by their behavior and yelled out at them, "What the hell are you two talking about?"

Gerd was a simple-minded man, brought up in the countryside. In response to Maggie, he just smiled innocently and waved his hand in denial, "Nothing... madam, we were just talking about how well you handled your first mission in such a professional manner..." Before Gerd could even finish his sentence, Seahawk nudged at him with his elbow forcing him to correct himself immediately, "I meant to say that we admire your valor and bravery! Aha..."

Judging by the questionable expression on Seahawk's face, Maggie understood that Gerd was lying out of his teeth, at first glance. However, instead of pursuing her curiosity any further, she chalked it up to mindless soldier-talk as it was very common in her line of work. She knew that the best way to deal with them was, plain and simple ignorance.

Meanwhile, the physician and the surgeon watched the scene unfold in front of them silently. In the end, they looked at each other with a smile on their faces and shrugged their shoulders. However, they did not dare to look at Maggie fearing her wrath.

But it was obvious that they knew what Gerd and Seahawk were talking about. Who knew that Eric, the Ruler of Dragon Island would have such a big mouth. As soon as Eric met Daniel, he gave him the full details of what he had seen by adding a bit of exaggeration. Eric told him that he had seen Edgar and Maggie kissing for what seemed to be as long as five minutes and that they would not have stopped if it weren't for their mission.

The two doctors desperately fought the urge to burst into laughter as they feared the consequences of angering someone like Maggie Du. In the end, looking at Edgar, they only thought about one thing- If what Eric had said was true, then the long-standing problem in their military region-Edgar's marriage would soon be solved.

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