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’d done it. I’d disgusted him. I held myself stiffly, waiting for him to tell me what a disappointment I was to him.


“I’ll see you tomorrow.” He dropped a kiss on the tip of my nose—was my nose more appealing than my lips?—turned and opened the door, and left.


Wait, what happened to “baby”? To “blue eyes”? Shit. He couldn’t even fumble behind him for the doorknob because he couldn’t take his eyes off me?


I watched as he got in his SUV, gave a nonchalant wave, and drove away, and then I shut and locked the front door. So what if Beauchamp was going to double-check it?


I went up to my room, stripped, showered, and changed into my pajamas. 32


We were naked on my queen-size bed, and I was on top, my knees framing his hips. I buried my fingers in his thick, soft hair and covered his lips and cheeks and jaw with hungry, uninhibited kisses.


“I love you,” he murmured against my throat, and I groaned.


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