**POV: Harper**

“What is going on here?” Ethan’s voice cut through the tension, breaking the silence with his angry tone directed at me. I noticed the way he glanced at Emma, his body language protective, almost instinctual. It was as if she was the one under threat, and his focus was solely on her, shielding and protecting his ex-lover right in my presence.

“Why are you here?” he demanded, the edge in his voice making Emma flinch as I felt the heat of his gaze on my body.

“Is there a problem here? Would you like me to call security?” a nurse passing by asked Ethan, her hard glare fixated...