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

“Apparently he wanted to bring his roommate home with him.”


“They were going to share Daniel’s room.”


“Kipp.” He was becoming impatient. “There was only one bed in Daniel’s room.”


“They couldn’t bring in a futon?”


“You know how big the Richardson house is. There was no need—”


“Y’know something? He could have saved all that aggravation if he’d just kept his mouth shut.”


“Brought a…a boyfriend home and asked that he stay in your bedroom?”


“Uh…” I boggled simply at the thought of Sir allowing me to invite anyone to visit.


“You see? You were raised better than that.”


“I hate to disillusion you, brother mine, but it has nothing to do with how I was raised. If I cared about someone enough to bring him home—” and that would have been to Silver Birch, not Llewellyn Manor “—it’s for damned sure I’d stay in a hotel with him.”


Chapter 35