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Chapter 21

She entered the bathroom, to find Rick, just taking off his t-shirt, she stepped in front of him and helped him out of it. She then threw it into the laundry basket and looked at him. He was smiling at her.

"What?" she asked.

"I must taste really good right now." he said and she had to roll her eyes. Even drenched in orange juice, he still couldn't get enough of himself.

"Probably, but let's not find out, ha?"

She reached out for a towel, and dampened it under the tap, and just when she was about to wipe his chest, he held her hand and stopped it.

"Come on, you can't tell me you don't want to taste me" he spoke in that low bedroom voice of his. And Kate needed to look away from his dark blue eyes that were doing things to her.

"Rick, we really shouldn't be doing this right now." she said with a chuckle

"The heat between your legs while I was touching you begs to differ" and she had to look down to hide her reddening cheeks. He had felt it. He had felt how his touches were affecting her. How her desire was pooling between her legs ever since his first kiss this morning in the kitchen.

He angled her face to look back up at him, and then leaned down to kiss her, she tasted the orange on his lips and it made her smile. But then his hands started wandering, and she knew this was just not the right time, so she pushed him away

"Come on Kate…" he said as he tried to step closer to kiss her again, but this time she snapped,

"Castle! I said not now!" her frustration getting the best of her.

He didn't say a thing. Just simply took the damp washcloth from her hand and turned to the mirror behind him. She wanted to apologize for snapping at him, but that's when she heard Jamie crying. She turned and walked out.

She didn't mean to snap at him that way, she was just already sexually frustrated because of all his foreplay since morning, and there really was no time for her to do anything about it because she was already getting late. She couldn't be late today, Gates would throw a fit because she's back after a long leave.

She took Jamie from Alexis and put him in his high chair after kissing him good morning. Kaylee came to her side and clung to her "good morning mommy" she said

"Good morning baby" she kissed the top of her head.

"Mommy, can you call daddy up, I want to talk to him"

Kate was about to say something, and so was Alexis, when Rick came out saying "What do you want to tell him sweetheart?" and he had this huge grin on his face, it made Kate smile too, Kaylee squealed and let go of her mommy to run into her daddy's waiting embrace.

"Oh daddy, you're home! I missed you so much!"

"You did?" he asked.

"I did, if you don't believe me ask mommy, she'll tell you."

Rick looked at Kate for a moment. She was watching him, with a smile, but he looked back at Kaylee just as quickly. Kate had to tame the rush of emotion she felt at that, at him turning away.

"da…" Jamie said, struggling in his high chair ever since he heard the sound of his father's voice. Rick rose from the floor and carried Kaylee on his hip. He then came and plopped himself on the stool beside Jamie'

"Hey there big guy!" he leaned in and gave Jamie a soft kiss on his head.

"I heard you two gave mommy a lot of trouble" he told them.

"I didn't mean to daddy, Jamie was biting on my stuffed animals yesterday." She whined.

"Okay, we'll discuss this properly in a court session later on, is that alright with you?"

"Will you build up the court with the sheets again?" Little Kaylee asked.

"Of course" he said.

"Yay!" she squealed and clapped her hands excitedly. Then Avril spoke.

"I got nowhere to be today, I can be Jamie's personal attorney. You know, since he can't really defend himself"

"As long as there's no maple syrup or orange juice near you, I will be happy to have you in my court"

Kate and Alexis laughed at that.

Kate had just finished preparing Jamie and Kaylee's breakfast, so she quickly walked back into their room to get dressed. It took her all but 15 minutes, and she was out.

Rick kept an eye on her while he fed Jamie, she moved about swiftly, making sure all the stuff she needed was in her bag.

By the time she was ready, Alexis was also ready to go out, and Avril and Kaylee had just brought out the sheets to build a nice little tent. And Jamie was crawling about on the floor. Rick was behind the kitchen counter, just wiping it clean.

"Okay girls, I'll see you in the evening okay" she said to them

"Okay mommy" Kaylee said while kissing her mom good bye.

"Take care mom, have a nice day today" Avril said before kissing Kate on the cheek. She smiled.

"You too baby. And tell Alexis I said bye, I think she's in her room getting ready to go out."

Kate then bent down to the floor and picked Jamie up in her arms, she cuddled him close to her

"Be a good boy okay, I'll be home before you know it. I'll miss you"

"booo" Jamie said as he put a hand on her cheek. Kate kissed his soft palm and put him back down.

She then turned around to look for him. Her husband. And found him staring at her from the kitchen counter. She smiled. He looked away. She swallowed hard. The tears were on the edge of appearing. She walked slowly to the door.

"Kate..." she heard his voice. She turned around and there he was, standing before her.

"Rick... I'm... I'm sorry I snapped at you"

"No, no... I'm sorry, you had things to do, and all I've been doing from morning is distracting you... I'm sorry."

She stepped closer with a soft smile on her face and played with the collar of his shirt.

"Just because I said no this morning doesn't mean I haven't missed you Rick."

"I know" he said.

"I'll make it up to you tonight, I promise" she said with a smile.

"I'll look forward to it" he said.

She leaned in and gave him a sweet, yet passionate kiss, with tongue and everything, and allowed him to fully relish it. And when she pulled away, she had taken his breath away too.

"I'll see you in the evening."

"Take care of you. I love you" he said, following her till she was out the door, she turned and sent him a fly kiss.

"I love you too" she said.

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