The hospital corridors echoed with the soft hum of voices and the distant beeping of machines. Sophie had never liked hospitals—the sterile smell, the cold, clinical feel of the place always unsettled her. But today, it wasn’t the hospital itself that made her uncomfortable. It was the sight she had just witnessed: James standing too close to Oliver, their conversation too intimate, their connection too real.
Sophie leaned against the cool wall outside the meeting room where the two men had been speaking, her heart pounding in her chest. She had watched from afar, unnoticed, as James and Oliver had shared a moment that was more than just friendly. It was subtle, yes—nothing overtly romantic—but Sophie saw the way James’s gaze softened when he looked at Oliver, how his posture seemed to re
