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 wants to meet me?” Greg asked when Nick told him as they fixed supper.


“Apparently. I don’t have to bring you along if you’d rather I didn’t.”


“I have the feeling it wouldn’t solve the problem, if there is one. At least if it’s what you think itis, I mean why you think he wants me there, you’ll be able to tell him honestly that I’m not human anymore.”


As soon as they finished eating, Nick teleported them to Darwin’s living room. When they landed, he saw Darwin wasn’t the only one there. Kasper and another man Nick worked with sat on the sofa.


Kasper sniffed, then smiled slowly. “I guess our worries were unfounded, gentlemen. It seems Niko has taken care of the problem.”


Nick bristled, and felt Greg stiffen. “He was never a problem.”


“He was human. I’m presuming he learned about us, or would have eventually. Ergo, he would have been aproblem,” Darwin replied.


Chapter 42