Tensions are running high in Mount Angus as the entire town plans for the annual Be Mount Valentine Heartstival and all residents keep an eye out for the latest relationship drama. Kiko and Dom just want to enjoy life together, a task made difficult by nosy residents demanding to know when they're going to tie the knot. And when Dom discovers Kiko actually hates this holiday, he decides it would be perfect to create a fake proposal.<br><br>But before anyone's matchmaking schemes can get too far, Kiko's employee Chad finds a body rolled in a rug.<br><br>It's obvious there's more than just love in the air, and if Kiko and Dom can't figure out how to work around their emotions, the Heartstival might just end in tragedy.

Eggs and Kisses

“Did you get laid?” asked Dom. Kiko glared at him.


“Drink your beer,” he said, then to a stuttering Chad, “Don’t answer that. Why is Roy celebrating your birthday with you a problem?”


“I didn’t think this would happen,” said Chad. “We, like, weren’t serious or anything. No Christmas gifts. Nothing like that. I was all casual.”


Dom drank instead of laughing. Chad really was unobservant. He’d moved in with Roy Vang, the nursing student, over his winter break and just now was realizing what it meant. They made a nice enough couple, but Dom didn’t see them lasting. Chad never had luck with his girlfriend, either, and it seemed pretty clear he still hadn’t caught on how relationships worked.


“Did you like the way you spent your birthday?” asked Kiko. He rinsed the strawberries and started cutting them.


“Well, yeah, boss. Literally the best birthday ever.”


“And would you want to repeat those kinds of events in the future?”


Chapter 31