Chapter 3
A/N: For this and possible upcoming chapters the rating has changed to "M".
Rick sits behind his desk in his newly restored office. He has found it just north of Chinatown. It's not too far from the Old Haunt. He has always loved the history in this part of Manhattan. So, when a very large (3500 square foot) office space became available for a reasonable amount he snapped it up in a heartbeat. He had it restored back to its original time period. After looking at the finished product he thinks he could be actually following in another PI's footsteps. He also has added a separate room with a very large bathroom for himself if a certain case would ever keep him at the office late at night. He forgets all about that when he hears a light tapping on the front door.
He thinks to himself... my first client…I wonder what could be on the other side of the door.
As he walks to the door, not too fast mind you, he does not want to feel that needy. He reaches for the brass knob that shines brightly. Giving it a quick turn he opens the door. What he sees in front of him is so much better than any case he could ever dream up. She stands 5' 7", has chestnut brown hair down to her mid back, and has the most beautiful hazel brown eyes with a touch of gold flecks and the face of an angel.
"Well, Castle, aren't you going to ask me to come in?" She coyly asks dressed only in a trench coat.
Rick wonders what might be under that coat as he drinks her all in at once with his eyes. She is, of course, being his amazing wife Kate Beckett-Castle. He still stares at her beauty, then finally comes back to the real world. He steps aside with enough room for her to enter through the then open door.
"Ahhh I'm sorry Kate" He stammers as she smiles, loving that she always has this effect on him.
"So Ricky, where were you just now?" Kate says in her Russian accent, which she knows drives him so wild.
"Well, if you must know I've been taken by the sight of a beautiful woman at my door." Rick says still being very affected.
"Who Li'l old me…?" Kate teases saucily.
"Woman, you have had my heart for a very long time. And this is no easy task seeing you standing there dressed like that." Rick replies.
"I know Rick, I cherish every moment that I have with you." Kate says dropping the trench coat from her shoulders just a little to tease him.
This allows Rick to see the bare smooth skin of her delectable neck just waiting to be kissed.
"Well, I think I must take some precautions." Rick says moving to lock the door.
Kate smiles at him as he brushes her long hair off her neck as he returns. Then he proceeds to feather kisses along her long neck from behind.
"So Kate, tell me what brings you here?" Rick asks still feathering kisses to her neck then down one shoulder.
"Well, Ricky I remember you telling me that the renovations are finished. I think it is time for the christening. What do you think?" Kate asks with anticipation.
"Your wish is my command. Are you ready for the nickel tour?" He asks as he guides her around the space from behind.
He never removes his head from her shoulder as he gives her the tour.
"Sure." She looks around then finds this place similar to the loft in decor. There are earth tones covering the walls along with the soft lighting.
"Kate, look at this." Rick whispers in her ear as he points out the conference room.
This followed by the small dining area. Soon she is facing a closed door. He glances at her face. He knows that expression of curiosity. She wants to know what is behind that door.
"So Kate, what is it?" Rick laughs lightly, almost like a bubbling sound.
"Rick, what's behind this door?" Kate inquires.
Rick smiles he has read her just right. Her curiosity has gotten the better of her. This development delights him as he decides he will tease her just for a little bit longer.
"Oh Kate, what's behind that door is so top secret. My eyes only, if it slipped out, it would be the end of all civilization as we know it and our certain demise." Rick teases then nibbles against her neck.
Kate sighs with pleasure. Though, she knows he is yanking her chain. With a swift movement, she bolts from his embrace and through the closed door. She is stunned at what she sees when she enters the room.
"Rick?" Kate asks, standing in the middle of the tastefully appointed room.
He quickly walks up behind her and wraps his arms around her midsection. As he draws her back into the embrace, he feels her melt into him. He feathers kisses to her neck again. If it's possible she melts more with the touch. Closing her eyes, she can't help to think what might happen next. He quickly moves from her neck and peppers her throat with light brushing kisses. As her eyes open she takes the sight before her eyes. Rick, always the romantic had placed candles all around the room and in a vase, next to the bed is one long stemmed red rose.
He takes her hand and leads her further into the office's sleeping area. He stops at the side of the bed and places his hands on her shoulders and says.
"Kate I'm glad you came to see the new office. Are you ready to continue?" He asks with anticipation.
"Rick I thought you'd never ask!" She says enthusiastically.
With that answer she lowers her hands to the buttons on his shirt, then expertly unfastens every last button. She slips his shirt off his shoulders. The shirt falls on the floor. She leans to stroke her hands over his tight muscular chest. He not to be outdone reaches for the belt of the trench coat. He loosens the coat and it drops to the ground, revealing all of his very sexy naked wife. She steps away from the coat kicking it slightly away.
She wraps him in a loving embrace with her naked flesh meeting his. Her lips are kissing his as he hoists her upward. He gently places her on the bed continuing the kiss until breaking for air.
Kate looks at him.
"Mr. Castle you are still way over dressed!" Kate teases lying seductively on the bed.
"Well, Mrs. Castle what do you propose we do to remedy this situation?" Rick teases back.
Kate never one for words when actions will do, she starts with removing his shoes, then socks, followed by his pants and finally the underwear in an erotic dance. Once suitably unclothed Rick moves to fondle one of her breasts as Kate gasps in pleasure. He then gently brushes his hands up and down her sides. This elicits a low sounding moan deep in her throat. Cupping his left hand around her breast he touches her breast in the way he knows that will drive her crazy with want. He takes his right hand and slips it between her warm flesh folds between her legs. He brushes it against her bundle of nerves.
She arches her back into him wanting more contact. She can only wait as he moves his hand to arouse her further. He knows that this drives her insane. So, he continues. He removes his hand from her breast to play attention to the other with the same care. He is a very considerate lover. He always makes sure her needs are met before his. He leaves his lips from her nipple after teasing it mercilessly, then moves to kiss her lips.
His other free hand is stroking lightly upward across her abdomen. Her whole body is a bundle of pent up energy just waiting to be released. He now expertly slides a finger between her wet lips, then hits the right spot. She reacts instantly by arching her back.
He breaks the kiss to allow them to breathe as she spreads her legs a little wider giving him more access. He complies and gently rubs her pink flesh. Finding her sweet spot, he concentrates on it until her body is almost at the edge of release. He looks up to see her face, so trying to hide the fact she is almost there. She has one word for him.
"Tease" She gasps almost losing control.
He returns to her, but this time he buries his face between her legs. She knows no matter what kind of distraction she uses. She cannot resist the power of his tongue. In her present state of arousal, it would take less than a minute to reach her orgasm. She even wonders to herself if she could find any thought that could have stopped her from her release. He greedily drinks the release and with the taste on his lips, he shares it with her in a searing kiss. She aggressively kisses him back then breaks away to greedily lick his lips.
He rises above her and she takes his length into her hand and gives it a stroke or two as he lowers himself into her. She helps by guiding him with her free hand. He enters her easily. He rests for a minute, letting Kate adjust to his size and girth. Once he is satisfied she will not be injured. He starts with slow, long thrusts which shakes Kate's body to the core. Once he is comfortable with the results he becomes very, very aggressive in his thrusts. He is like a machine and before she realizes it, he is bringing her to her second orgasm very quickly.
Somehow he senses this then slows his strokes to keep her on the edge. He wants her to climax with him. He takes her nipple into his mouth. He sucks on it like a succulent piece of fruit, then she reacts as in a frenzy. While she is distracted, he places his thumb onto her nub then presses gently. As he does this he gives her the ride of her life. He is almost ready. He feels it so he presses harder on her nub. He rubs it just the right way. She is right there with him. He makes one last stroke as deep as she will allow.
This action gets a low primal grunt from him as she screams. He releases into her. Milliseconds later she releases and shudders from the experience. He collapses on top of her. He keeps his elbows at her sides to support his weight from completely crushing her. He gives her one last kiss.
"That is absolutely amazing!" He says panting.
Seconds pass as he rolls off to her side. He wraps his arms around her and pulls her closer to him if that's at all possible. They lay there together bodies glistening with sweat basking in the afterglow. Coming down from their natural high they are lost in thought. Rick pulls the comforter over them since he notices her shiver from air cooling her body. They lay there being so sated and totally in love. There is no other way she can put it. He is her soul mate. He looks down at her and feels that he should explain why he needs his PI office.
"Kate, can we talk?" He asks.
She speaks before her brain can stop her statement.
"Rick, what's wrong?" She questions.
"Kate, no, no, it's nothing like that. I promise, we…" he says while motions his hand between them. "…we are fine. We are so much more than fine."
"Okay Rick, so what do you want to talk about?" Kate asks now curious.
"I just feel the need to explain to you why I still want to keep leasing my office space here." Rick says after Kate is all boneless and compliable.
"Okay, Rick, tell me?" Kate says even now more curious.
"I love my mother, don't get me wrong. There are times when I think back to when she moved in with me and Alexis. This is after her prick of a husband took her for all she had. Well is seems that she just... well expected me to accept her coming into my loft." Rick expounds.
"Rick, I never knew that you felt this way." Kate says surprised.
"Kate, I just don't like it when she "guides" me to see things her way. She has something to say about every part of my life. How I handled our relationship from the time it was no longer about the books and research, how to raise Alexis, and of course how I spend my money or her spending my money to be more accurate." Rick complains.
"Rick, I'm sure that she is just a very caring person and wants to make sure you don't get hurt." Kate says defends Martha.
Kate thinks over the fact that he has never told her why he was living with her…scratch that her living with him.
"Rick, what do you mean her dirt bag of a husband took her for everything? I have never heard you talk about this. I always thought you lived together because you wanted her there. I figured you always needed a feminine hand with Alexis growing up. That was the reason she lived with you." Kate states.
"Well, you might be right after she came it was a mixed blessing. She did have time for Alexis so that part was not so bad. However, it was not the original reason for her coming to the loft." Rick says.
This has Kate wondering.
"If there was a con man involved with Martha Rodgers surely there must be a paper trail leading somewhere?"
"Kate, this has me thinking…" Rick says, but Kate was ahead of him so she completes his sentence for him.
"Would you like me to look into this for you?" Kate asks.
"Yes, exactly! Would you?" Rick smiles, knowing how in tune, his wife is with him.
"Yes, Rick I will. Though, this case is years old. I'd need to head to archives just to find anything. Do you know anything about who was the officer which took Martha's statement?" Kate asks.
"No, I doubt mother even knows it has been back in 2005. Do you think you can find it?" He asks hopefully.
"I'm not promising anything but I will try. Do you know the exact date?" She asks.
"Yeah, my birthday what a surprise that was!" Rick says kissing his wife again.
"Oh no, you start this up again, and I will never get to the archives! This is my only day off. I doubt Gates would allow me in there, if a case is pending. I'm so sorry lover boy it's either I go now or it will have to wait for my next day off." Kate stares. "So while I'm getting ready, show me your shower?"
"With pleasure Mrs. Castle…" Rick says, smiling then gets up.
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Kate leaves the office, then heads to the archive floor very refreshed and glowing.
Officer John "Jack" McNaully is running the desk. Kate knows him well.
"Hello, Detective Beckett… what brings you to the tombs?" He asks.
"Well, Jack, it's a cold case I think… It is not my department. It would have been a robbery around the beginning of April 2005." Kate says.
"A robbery so can you tell me the name of the victim?" He asks typing away in his computer.
"It's Martha Rodgers." Kate says.
"It's your mother in law? Gee, I never knew she was a robbery victim. I loved seeing her plays with my wife Beatrice. She would drag me to them. Well, detective, you are in luck… That report is in my digital record. I'll print it off for you. Gee, this is too bad… It shows it went to the FBI. Those Feds probably screwed it up royally!" He says commiserating.
"Thanks, Jack I owe you one!" Kate says, clutching the printout.
Kate is about to leave when Tom Demming appears in the stairwell's door in sight of Jack.
"Hello, detective Demming. Detective Beckett is here looking into one of your cold cases. I told her it went to the Feds" Jack says butting into the conversation.
"Hello Kate, married life sure suits you. So, which case is it?" Tom asks.
"Thanks, Jack." Kate says sarcastically as Jack smiles. "If you must know it is about Martha. She was…"
"Oh yes a victim of a con man, yeah, there was a slew of those cases in what 2005 the year I became a detective. I remember that. You were still with Sorenson then. He was the agent assigned. Do you have the printout?" He asks.
Kate pulls out the print out as Tom studies it.
"Yes, I noted it here." Tom says, pointing it out.
"Wait, you say Sorenson was the agent assigned, In April of 2005?" Kate asks.
"Yeah, it says so here. Why do you ask?" Tom says.
"Well, April 2005 is when Sorenson got transferred to Boston. I should know he broke us up over it." Kate says wondering how so many coincidences could occur.
"Oh, I never really knew that. Anyway, I need to get to my case. It is nice seeing you again Mrs. Castle." Tom says striding away.
"It is nice seeing both of you again." Kate says as she leaves for good this time.
Xx
She returns back to Rick's PI office. She will always think of the christening they gave this place every time she enters here.
"That was a great christening of this office."
She knocks on the door, opens then enters the office. He is sitting behind his desk playing with his phone. He looks up at her as she walks to him. She has a print out of the file.
"Hey Babe, I was able to locate your mom's file. Here is the printout. Guess what…I ran into the officer who took the report. It was Demming!" Kate says moving toward him.
"What I thought I recognized him from somewhere before he appeared at your desk." Rick snarks.
"Rick, you know now that's ancient news. You won so get over it Okay?" Kate says crawling on to his lap then placing a big kiss on his lips.
"Yeah, you are right, I did win. So, what did old Schlemming have to say?" Rick asks.
Schlemming…? Kate asks as Alexis exits from the back room.
"Yeah, that's the name dad almost gave a character in Naked Heat. Can't you guys just wait until I'm gone?" Alexis laments. "So is that the readout of gram's burglary?"
"Yeah, and hello Alexis what are you doing here?" Kate asks not moving from her husband's lap and not removing her arm from around his neck either.
"Well, she is on her way out." Rick says.
"Hello, Kate…wait, I was until Kate came in, so tell us what is in it?" Alexis says settling in a chair across from the desk.
"Well, as I told your dad Tom was the recorded officer. But it did not stay with the NYPD." Kate says.
"Really don't tell me the Feds took it?" Rick says lamenting.
"You are so correct…matter of fact the Fed who had this case is someone you Rick and I know so well. You even got him shot" Kate smirks.
"Well, it is not my fault they drive up in a classic Fed mobile. That was so not inconspicuous." Rick retorts.
"Who did dad get shot?" Alexis asks as Rick grimaces.
"Agent Will Sorenson, who happened to be my ex." Kate says.
"Wait your ex got shot because of something stupid dad did? This is great!" Alexis says gleefully.
"Now Alexis it was not like that." He says as he turns to look at Kate. "…well, okay it was like that, but not the way you think. I was not in any way near him when he was shot." Rick defends himself.
"No, you weren't Rick. You just led the shooter to his vehicle by being tailed." Kate says as Rick turns crimson. "I'm still mad at you coming to the hospital later."
"Why Kate what did he do there?" Alexis asks never hearing about any of this before on any of their cases.
"Well, he told me he found the evidence linking my mother's case with several others. He found something which ultimately put ex-Senator Bracken in jail. But not before endangering all of us" Kate says as she kisses him.
"I don't understand. Why were you mad at him?" Alexis asks.
"I told him not to investigate my mother's case." Kate says.
"Oh, Kate you didn't…That is like waving a red flag in front of a bull!" Alexis laughs.
"Yeah, I know that now…your father is like a curious child he never listens to the word no." Kate says smiling.
"Oh Kate I know that for a fact…I remember one time…" Alexis says recalling a very embarrassing event.
"Alexis, don't you have somewhere to go?" Rick hints.
"Yeah, Kate, this will continue later! I've got to go bye-bye you two!" Alexis says as she jumps up then exits the office.
"Bye Alexis…" they both say.
"So Kate what do you want to do now?" Rick says getting up then re-locking the door.
"Well, this desk is still a virgin…" she saucily says while leaning against it.