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She had moved much closer to him than either one of them had realized and he could see into the depths of her deep brown eyes with stunning clarity.
He knew that now was the worst possible time for time to tell her everything—she was getting married to Lex Luthor, who would want to study Clark, to exploit him in every way possible, if he found out.
But she was right—he did owe her something. He owed her a choice.
"Are you expecting what I tell you to change how you feel about me?" he asked, bluntly. "Are you expecting it to change what's going to happen today?"
Lana broke eye contact with him, glancing, instead, at the ground near his feet. She loved him, she knew that, and she also knew that they didn't work. But she felt, more than anything, like the reason that they hadn't worked out was because of this secret—that Clark had pushed her away in a vain attempt to protect her, or to protect himself.
She knew the intensity of Clark's feelings toward her, and because of that, she knew that whatever it was, it was big. She wasn't sure if it was life shatteringly big, or end of the world big, or even big in a way that would permanently change how she thought of him—but she knew it was big.
"I don't know," she said honestly. "But the end of our relationship—and most of the relationship itself—is still a big question mark to me. I need answers."
"This is going to be your choice, Lana," he said slowly. "Because I need to know if what you're looking for is closure, so that you can hate me and go on with your life, or a reason to let yourself fall back into mine."
GO TO CHAPTER 4 IF: she wants to move on.
GO TO CHAPTER 5 IF: she wants to let herself love him.