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

“For a first time, you did remarkably well,” she was saying, lightly stroking his hair.


“I feel like someone tore me apart then put me back together again, twice,” Greg replied. “I don’t think I have it in me to move quite yet.”


“Then I guess I’ll have to dress you,” Nick said.


Greg managed a weak smile. “That will be a change from the norm.”


Nick laughed as he helped Greg sit up and put on his shirt. The pants were a bit more difficult, but between them they managed. Picking up Greg’s shoes and socks, Nick wrapped his arm around him. “I won’t make you walk back to the house,” he said before teleporting him into what had been his bedroom,growing up. Greg’s eyes closed the moment Nick laid him on the bed and seconds later he was out.


It was early Sunday afternoon when Nick awakened. He took a fast shower and had barely finished getting dressed when Greg finally woke up as well. “How are you feeling?” he asked when Greg rolled over to look at him.


Chapter 40