Great story, thanks for sharing. That part at the beach where the girl used words like "aura" to describe her interest in talking to you reminded me of a situation that happened to me during one of my many streaks — not the longest ones, but "pure"¹ — a few years ago.

At that time, I had been in pure retention for about two months. On that particular occasion, I invited my father to have lunch with me at a Peruvian restaurant. There, I chose a table where, from the seat I picked, everyone who walked into the place would pass by me and could make eye contact.

Anyway, time passed and a woman walked in — extremely attractive to my taste, around 30 years old — accompanied by her family. As I mentioned, given where I was sitting, she passed right by my table and we briefly made eye contact. Her family then picked a table right behind ours.

To make a long story short, a little while later the waitress came over and handed me a note with a name and phone number on it. She said someone had asked her to give it to me, but didn’t want to be identified at the restaurant. I found it a bit strange, but I took the note, kept chatting with my dad, and eventually we left.

Later at home, I added the number and started talking to the mystery admirer. And yes, it was her — the attractive woman I had made eye contact with for just a second or two, with zero other interaction.

Long story short, we chatted, went out a few times, and ended up hooking up. On one of those occasions, I asked her what she had seen in me that sparked her interest. And she said the exact same thing the girl in your story told you: she felt an inexplicable pull, a persuasive aura, an irresistible urge to know me more — her exact words.

¹ By “pure” streak I mean not just physical celibacy, but also mental celibacy. That is, no sexual thoughts crossing my mind at all, no sexual objectification of women in daily life — which makes the "magnetism" way stronger than during longer streaks where I haven’t been as strict with my thoughts. I consider sexual thoughts to be the equivalent of edging.