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

“Anyway, I thought you were adorable. I asked Hunt about you. He’s a good friend to you, you know. He refused to tell me anything beyond the fact that you were majoring in interior design, that your family disapproved, and that I was too old for you.”


“Thank you, but the truth of the matter is I am twice your age.”


I didn’t care, but before I could say as much, he continued.


“He wouldn’t say anything else for the longest time. I could have forced him to talk. I hold the papers on Georg’s.”


“No, I wouldn’t do something like that to him for being a good friend.”


“I knew it! You can’t fool me. You’re one of the good guys.”


He turned his head and raised an eyebrow. Why was it everyone could do that except me?


“Finally, I told him I could hire a private detective—”


“You would have?” My voice came out breathless, and how gauche was that?


Chapter 41