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

“Father started cursing me. How dare I ruin his plans by putting you above our family? I was a Llewellyn, and you were nothing but a…a…And then he collapsed. Mindy called 911.”


“Oh, Geoff.” I appreciated him not telling me what his father considered me.


“I didn’t even realize she was there, that she’d heard the whole diatribe. I was positive she’d leave once she made that phone call, but she stayed at my side the entire time. And she made Higgins give her Father’s ID and insurance cards.”


“I did?” He shook his head and scrubbed his face. “Once the ambulance got Father here, the doctors in the ER ran some preliminary tests, but according to Dr. Van Winkle—”


“He’s Father’s doctor. He said Father’s cholesterol has been sky high and his blood pressure out of control for the past two years. What’s surprising is he didn’t have a stroke before now.”


“But you said he’d been having those TIAs.”


Chapter 96