To most people who know him, Nick Fontana is the owner of a prestigious advertising agency. To a select few, he’s known as Niko, a man who deals with very sensitive problems no one else can handle. As a result, Nick has never found a man to love -- because he won't allow it to happen. Then he meets flirtatious Greg Tyson while out running. He thinks nothing of it until Greg applies for a job at Nick's ad agency. Greg is exactly what Nick is looking for in an employee. Hiring him, however, might turn out to be the biggest mistake of Nick's life ... or the beginning of something new, if Nick is willing to open himself up and let Greg in. Doing so will require an amount of trust Nick isn’t certain he can give without endangering Greg's life -- and losing his love -- in the process.

Love Was Not an Option

“I’ll see you in the morning,” Nick said.


“Bright and early,” Greg replied. “I have designs I have to do for two clients Mark is handling.”


“Finicky ones?” Nick asked, although he knew the answer.


“I won’t know until I show them my ideas.” He grimaced. “If they are, then it’s back to the drawing board.”


“I’m sure they’ll love them. I didn’t hire you for your looks alone.”


Greg laughed. “I hope not. Okay. Laters.” With that, he headed down the street, walking into the lot where he’d parked his car.


Chapter 12