Kipp Llewellyn, the proverbial poor little rich boy, can have whatever he wants, except the one thing he wants most: his father’s love. When the opportunity arises to obtain it, Kipp jumps at the chance, even though it means breaking a date with “Ham,” the man he’s sure he’s falling in love with. However, the opportunity turns out to be an arranged marriage with his father’s biggest competitor. Even worse, Kipp discovers his proposed groom is Hyde Wyndham, the man of his dreams. Having lived in a gilded cage his entire twenty-one years, Kipp refuses to settle for anything less than love and walks away from both his father and his future husband. Hyde didn’t achieve his position in the financial world by taking no for an answer, however, and he’ll do whatever it takes to make Kipp realize he’s wanted for himself, including wooing the young man he intends to marry, prenuptial agreements be damned. He’s certain he’s succeeded, until Kipp learns something that puts an insurmountable barrier between them. Will Hyde be able to overcome Kipp’s doubts, and will Kipp realize that some things are worth the sacrifice?

Two Lips, Indifferent Red

I frowned and opened my eyes. He wouldn’t need me to take care of him—from what he purchased at Georg’s, he must have plenty of money.


Still, it was my fantasy; I could do whatever I wanted. I went back to it.


Sir wouldn’t be happy about me marrying a guy—man—and I wasn’t sure how Geoff would take it, but that didn’t matter. I could divorce my family. It wouldn’t be much of a hardship.


Well, except for Granddad, but I hoped he wouldn’t mind I was gay…


I frowned again. Why did I keep ruining my daydream with the reality of what my family was? I hadn’t heard from Granddad since shortly after I’d left for college. He hadn’t been pleased when I’d told him what I planned to major in. Maybe because he thought that meant I was gay? In which case he wouldmind, and…


I went back to the fantasy with a little less enthusiasm.


Chapter 15