First of all, I'd like to thank every one of you, readers, for your commitment to this story. A huge thank you for the reviews & follows, keep on doing that, it's very inspiring, I love you all. If you have any requests or suggestions, don't hesitate either, I wanna hold this fic for a while so...

I'm so sorry if you see a few mistakes during your reading by the way, I'm french and it's been a while I haven't written anything in english x) *And I'm also sorry if this chapter sucks a little, I'm not satisfied with my writing these days*

Anyway, this is a new chapter with a slight change of pov, hope you like it, keep reading and most of all, enjoy the Burzek. Cheers x)

She never wished for anything like this. Kim is not a home wrecker, that's how she always defines herself and she always intended to keep this motto before today. But he's here. And she's here too. And for a while, the young cop forgets Adams is engaged, he's going to marry Wendy in a couple of weeks. She has no right to let him throw away his life for her, and attraction that came from nowhere, truly. It's always been there, in the air between them and even if Kim has tried to resist for the past few weeks, she cannot forget the truth: she likes him. Really likes him. That's probably why she rejects him most of the time, she cannot let that happen. She cannot be the woman destroying a perfect relationship. Adam has been with Wendy for a longtime now and she is convinced someone exists for her as well. Usually, that state of mind helps her surviving the day without doing anything ambiguous in front of Ruzek. But now? He is the one that came to her flat, he is the one with a secret, not her.

Kim looks at him, she really tries to understand why he is there but that doesn't make sense when she thinks about it. He is in love with Wendy, he will marry her very soon, his whole life is coming to him and she has no place in it. However, Adam kissed her back that night. That was foolish of her, really, to make that move, she knew it was gonna hurt her in some way. And indeed, she was hurt. She still is. Kim cannot stop thinking about that stupid kiss, the fact she was not alone during that moment. Adam and Kim. Kim and Adam. They were real for several seconds and now, she is alone and he is still engaged to another woman. But he's there. At three in the morning. She has to know why so she simply asks because that's something she has learnt over the years: you have to prove yourself and to do that, you have to be yourself and don't hold back. Never hold anything back. She asks. She waits. Adam is torn, she sees that and she is ready to call it a night but then, she has his lips over hers.

She missed it, god she missed him, even if she sees him every day. She responds to his move with eagerness, her lips crashing to his, opening her mouth to let his tongue play with hers. She forgets everything: her story, his fiancé, the world around them. She feels her heart beating fiercely and unconsciously, her hand rests on his chest, the other one behind his neck. She is truly alive, more than that other night in front of her car after a few beers, if that is even possible. She pushes Adam on the couch and takes place on top of him, kissing him like her whole life depended on it. Kim always thinks though, she is not impulsive, she cannot be like that when Adam is around her, she knows that for a fact if she wishes to stay a sane person. Someone with principles, someone who chooses the right path to become a good person. Someone who doesn't cheat, someone as honest as she was until she kissed him for the first time. Wendy. She remembers Wendy. She might lose her head for this but Kim breaks the kiss after a timeless moment. That still was wrong. That will always be wrong under those circumstances.

"You can't keep doing that. You need to push me away, Adam! You're nearly married, I can't do that, I need to stop that from happening ever again." And this time, her voice cracks up when she tries to stand up again, putting as much distance between us as she can.

"I'm sorry. I truly am... I... I can't stop. I tried, trust me, I really tried forgetting our kiss but... I just can't." That's not even a slight excuse for what happened again. Adam knows it and unfortunately, Burgess knows it even more. She pulls back a bit more and leans against the wall, watching the ceiling, eyes closed.

"What is that supposed to mean exactly? Either you marry Wendy or you don't, there's no in between. I can't live a lie, Wendy can't live a lie. You owe that to her, more than to me." She hates herself for pushing him away when she just wanted him but she knows that is the right choice to make. Particularly when Adam has no idea what he was doing most of the time.

"I know. I know." Ruzek lifts up to sit properly on the couch, his head in his hands, trying to think probably. Kim avoids his brown eyes, she even wanted him to leave now. Forever. If he could disappear forever so she can have her life back, breathe normally, be herself again... And not his person. That's what her problem seemed like: her love for him was too overwhelming, somehow, was under his will, without fighting it, even realizing it actually.

"I need some fresh air." Even if they were in her flat, Kim just opens the door and leaves, running down the stairs, almost crying. But she holds back the tears, she is stronger than that, she always will be. In a matter of seconds, Kim was out, in the cold, lonely but still virtuous. She has no idea where she is going, she just wanders in the alley behind her building when she hears a laugh. Barely audible but real. She stops her steps, trying to figure out where this is coming from. She turns around and hears someone called her name. Worried, a bit. Adam was running after her, there was no other explanation and as she lets the idea appeared in her mind, she senses no fear. She should have though because the next thing she feels is the pain at the back of her neck.

"Ada..." But it's already too late. She passes out.

He cannot let her slip away again. She always finds the way to screw things up but his relationship with Kim couldn't be a part of that category. Even if he doesn't understand it properly, Kim is important to him. She is a ray of sunshine in his life when Wendy is just the pain in the ass he has to cope with because he is used to it. Burgess is different, she understands him, she doesn't need to catch his attentions, that's a natural process. She gets him. He needs to protect her. She enlightens the best part in him. He challenges her. That's how they worked from the beginning and Adam was not ready to let that go over a stupid wedding he never cared for.

By the time he comes back among the living, she's already gone. Adam rises without no second thoughts and runs after her. He cannot screw up this time, he has to do it right. He has to do them right. Even if he has to hurt Wendy in the process, she will get over it eventually whereas he will not be able to do that if he says goodbye to Kim Burgess that night.

He follows her steps but doesn't see her right away. A dark alley is ahead of him and the only thing he could do was basically what you shouldn't do in this kind of places. "Kim!" and he runs again. He's not even remotely tired when he stops again, swearing he heard something. Her voice. And then, he sees her on the ground and two men running away to jump in a dark van, Kim being clearly unconscious by now. He doesn't even think before shouting any insults coming to his mind towards those assholes while running to get to her. Save her. Let her know he loves her.