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

“Here, baby. Take my handkerchief.” Mindy glared at me. “You’re nothing but a meanie, Kipp Llewellyn!”


I began to laugh uncontrollably. Was that even my name?


“You set me up. Hyde isn’t going to want to marry me now. Why should he? You wrote up a contract that said in exchange for cash and incidentally marrying Sir’s son, Hyde got half the shares of Llewellyn, Inc. But I’m fucking not Sir’s son!”


“What are you talking about? Of course you are. All I put in the contract was that after a year if you wanted to walk away, you could, with no repercussions. Wyndham got a prorated amount of his money back, and you got control of your trust fund.”


“Oh, yeah? And what about the clause about it being okay for either of us to break our marriage vows?”


“Tempt him? Sure, why not?” I asked bitterly. “What man would want to stay faithful to Marcus Llewellyn’s son?”


Chapter 83