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 missed you,” Greg said. “So damned much. If I’d had brain one—”


Nick put a finger to Greg’s lips. “You’d have done the same thing because you had to. I realized that. It’s why, well, part of the reason why I wouldn’t let my parents go looking for you. Why I didn’t look for you, as much as I wanted to. You had to put everything together and decide for yourself what you wanted to do.”


Greg smiled, brushing his lips over Nick’s. “It took me long enough.”


“I wasn’t going to point that out,” Nick replied with an elated laugh. Then he cupped Greg’s face inhis hands, kissing him deeply. His happiness knew no bounds when Greg returned the kiss in a way that confirmed for Nick that he did love him, in spite of everything.


Then Greg stepped away, wrinkling his nose. “You smell.”


“You do. Sort of like a hot, sweaty dog.”


“Werewolf, thank you very much, although I think it’s your imagination.”


Chapter 34