It was lunch time the very next day when they solved the case. It had been random gang violence, but a security camera caught two people leaving the scene. They had been in the system, were brought it, and confessed within two hours. Beckett and Tessa got it done.

Tessa offered to start the paperwork, so Kate, knowing Rick would be trapped with Joe, decided to go save him. Rick liked Joe, and he was a good manager, but he was so over dramatic sometimes. It made him want to rip his hair out.

Add his clingy wife, Crystal, to the mix, and you had a very bad combination. Crystal was fake, hated her husband, but liked his money. Her heels were high, her dresses, tight, and her perfume, absolutely repulsive. So, the in her twenties Barbie blonde stayed and cheated on her in his forties husband, but also had eyes for none other than Richard Castle.

As soon as she entered the room, you knew. "Richard, darling!" She would squawk, walking right up to him.

"Hello, Crystal." He tried to avert eye contact as much as he could. She always made him feel uncomfortable. "Uh, Joe's not here.

"Oh, you're funny." She ran a hand through his hair. "I'm here for you."

Rick's eyes grew huge as he jumped out of his chair and away from her. "For me?"

"Yes, you, Rick." She followed him, ready to kiss him.

He pushed her away, moving to the center of the room. "Crystal, I have a girlfriend."

"Oh come on, a little competition never hurt anyone." She approached him again, not giving up.

"No, you're married, and I'm very happy and in love with my girlfriend."

But she gabbed his collar and kissed him before he knew what was happening.

"Hey!" Kate stopped when she saw them. She had just arrived, ready to surprise her boy, and there he was, kissing another woman. She could feel the blood drain from her face, her heart breaking and tears building up, blurring her vision. She turned, having seen enough, and started to run out of the office.

"No, Kate!" Rick pushed Crystal away and made for the door. He searched desperately for her, but she was gone.

***

He let her cool off, knew that she was aware of how Crystal was. The best thing he could do now was give her the space to think things through. He loved her more than anyone in the entire world and he couldn't stand the thought of losing her. She had given him her heart, a hearty that could break as fast as glass. She had trusted him, and he may have blown it all. He just hoped that she would realize what had actually happened.

Beckett was laying in bed on her stomach, reading his draft of the latest project. He walked up to her, knowing she heard him, but still ignoring him. He tried wrapping an arm around her waist, and went to kiss her temple, but she shrugged away. "Not in the mood." Her tone was flat and uninviting.

"Just one kiss?"

"Go kiss Crystal." She was trying to be as sarcastic and dry as she could.

"But she's not as beautiful as you." He just sat there, hands in his lap, trying to think of what to say. He could write novel after novel, but when it came to apologies and seriousness, it wasn't his forte.

"Suck up."

"Yes, now please give me a kiss." He leaned in, but she moved fast.

"Uh uh, you are not getting off that easy." She rolled off the bed and started walking towards the door.

He breathed in a huge breath before attempting an explanation. "Look, Kate, you walked in at the wrong time."

She whipped her head around, "So you have been kissing her?"

"No, no," She shook his hands in front of him. "Come on Kate, you know I can't stand girls like that, especially her. I love natural. I love you."

She crossed her arms, finally intent to listen. "So what happened, then?"

"I was writing and she walked in and ran her hand through my hair. So I jumped out of my seat and backed up against the wall. I told her I was madly in love with my girlfriend." He took a step towards her, pushing a lock of hair behind her ear. "Then she grabbed me and it just happened. I didn't want it to and I didn't enjoy it."

"Honest truth?" She looked up at him, the hurt melting from her.

"Honest." He said, before he finally consumed her in a hug.