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

“Well, then, our sons. And tell me, Llewellyn, how does it feel now the shoe’s on the other foot and your son is involved with Wyndham?”


“Hyde loved me! He still does!” Richardson spat. “I don’t care if he’s marrying your son, Marcus. You made sure that provision was in the contract, didn’t you?”


“There, you see? What does Hyde need with a child? I’m going to get him back, if not now, then within the year.” Richardson must have been close to the door, because I could hear him mutter, “Especially since my father won’t be around to stop me this time.”


I clenched my hands into fists. His father wasn’t around, but Iwas.


“How would your wife feel about that?” Mr. Alden’s tone indicated how delighted he was to bring up Mrs. Richardson.


“You’re a fine one to talk. You’re on your third wife, who’s the biggest slut in town, and by the way, how many mistresses is it you’ve had now?”


Chapter 81