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

He had also decided it might be time to really visit his parents—if he could figure out a convincing reason to go out of town again. I think one anniversary is all that’s allowed in a year. Maybe a birthday? I’ll see.


By the end of the work day Nick was more than ready to run. It had been one of those filled with small problems. Nothing earth shattering, but each one needed his input.


“The joys of owning your own company,” he groused to Greg when they were limbering up before starting down the path.


“Better you than me,” Greg replied, giving him a quick hug. “I’ll stick to doing what I do best, where I only have to deal with a picky client sometimes.”


“Not in this lifetime.” Greg set off, calling back when Nick wasn’t right beside him, “Are you going to stand there, feeling sorry for yourself?”


Chapter 23