It wasn't an imagination I could snap out of, nor a dream I could wake up from. I couldn't pretend that he wasn't here either because he was here with me. This was real. Aaron Hart stood closer to me than ever. I could feel his heated gaze watching my every move, wanting to see my next reaction.

I turned from the elevator to face him and found a look on his face that I couldn't understand.

"Zera Adams." His deep, hoarse voice called out like we had scores to settle, and shivers ...