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

“Look, I’ll be at Hospice as soon as I can.”


“You don’t have to come here. Don’t you understand? I broke up with you. We’re through.”


“Yes, I understood. I’ll be there as soon as I can,” he repeated.


“Drive carefully. I don’t want you to die getting here.”


“I won’t, blue eyes. Hang in there.” He hung up, and I put my phone away.


I was happy for about two seconds, and then I wanted to kick myself in the ass. How stupid was this? Now I’d have to break up with him all over again.


If it wouldn’t have come across as a foolish repeat of my actions earlier today, I’d have thrown my cell phone at the nearest wall.


But…for this short amount of time, he was still mine.


I resumed my pacing and was at the far end of the hall once again when the nurse came out of Granddad’s room and looked around. I was already sprinting back to her by the time she spotted me.


Chapter 87