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

“Books? Oh, those things made of paper with lots of pages.” Greg grinned. “Don’t look so horrified.I read. Quite a lot, actually.” He paused when the waitress arrived with their meals, continuing once she’d left. “I like true crime, some sci-fi, psychological suspense—”


“Wouldn’t that be horror?” Nick asked before starting to eat.


“No. More like ‘is he or she crazy, or is what’s happening really real.’”


Greg took a bite before saying, “I also like the paranormal stuff with vampires and werewolves, thoughmore when it’s movies. Damn, some of them can be pretty scary, or really bad.”


“I don’t doubt it for a minute,” Nick replied. And they’re so off the mark it isn’t funny. But I’m not going to tell him that.


Chapter 17