Chapter 3

Besides, he’d already lived through a Valentine’s Day breakup once, and Kiko felt that was more than enough drama for Mount Angus to chew on when it came to him.

“What are you waiting for, Chad?” he asked.

“Nothing,” said Chad, unbending himself, but he looked disappointed when he gathered up the boxes and left.

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Dom left Kiko alone after that, getting his own coffee refills and generally staying out of his way. He seemed to be able to pull up his standard smile and bubbly persona when it came to his customers, but Dom wasn’t fooled—he’d been around Kiko long enough now to notice when he was faking it, and Kiko was definitely faking it.

He didn’t think it was the sex. Kiko had been completely satisfied last night and in a decent enough mood this morning, until they’d gotten to Yolks on You and started considering the Eggs and Kisses event Kiko was having on Friday. But it didn’t make sense for Kiko to hate his own promotional evening. And if he didn’t need to get laid…