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

“That’s more or less what Sir said.”


“Unlike Marcus Llewellyn, I want you to be happy.”


“And I’d be happy with a man who only wanted me as part of a package deal? Did you know he only expects me to be faithful to him for a year?”


“It’s in the contract. Sir told me.”


“And knowing Marcus Llewellyn, you believed him?”


“But Granddad, he’s my father. Why would he lie to me about something like that?” And in spite of how Sir treated me, I kept hoping for the best.


He opened his mouth, but then closed it and shook his head. “He lied to me about you not wanting to talk to me.”


It was my turn to open and then close my mouth. I sighed. “You have a point.”


“Do you really think that was Hyde Wyndham’s idea?”


I shrugged. “Does it matter whose idea it was? He signed the contract. That means he has to have agreed to it.”


Chapter 23