A.N.Hi! I'm back! After almost 2 months of being off-line! ( What a horrible experience was it!) But finally the last two chappy of the "Plot" are here:)

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Lex wiped his tired eyes and breathed deeply.

He spent last 4 hours explaining to police what he and his companion had been doing in the storehouse.

Stating that it wasn't simple, was understatement.

Before they'd been separated, when policemen'd squirmed around his self-preserving sense had clicked into place on time and he'd managed to share his idea with Chloe. But her glancing was very distant and therefore he wasn't a hundred per cent sure whether she understood his versions and if she would hold on to it.

" Now , if I understand, you were together in the club with friend and you decided to find... a less crowded place" the detective smiled knowingly "you went down the stairs, you came across the open door and then from nowhere men with guns turned up ? Right?"

" Precisely "Lex confirmed praying to goodness with all it might that Chloe said the same.

At the moment he didn't feel like explaining himself from the burglary. And, beside that he didn't want to expose Chloe.

'Chloe...'

"I understand" the detective wrote something in acts "Yes, well that's all, thank you Mr Luthor . You are free to go " Lex rose up from a chair and reached for his suit.

" Where can I find Miss Sullivan?" he asked the detective "She is running out of interrogation already, you should find her in the corridor"

Lex grasped hold on the doorknob and he opened it. He didn't feel like risking that Chloe would escape from him . Not after what she'd said in the storehouse.

' Don't let your's hopes to grow, Luthor.'

'She said it'

'Yes, when she was held on the gun point!'

' I don't care me, she said it!'

"Lex!"

Lex turned quickly hearing his name. Just in time to see Chloe running to him.

He smiled but his smile diminished when he noticed that Chloe had slow down her run and that her smile wasn't so wide anymore.

' OK, so it won't be that simple' he thought and gathering his entire courage he summoned a faint smile on his face as he approached her.

" What do you say if we leave this place?" he asked

Chloe raised her head "I think that it's an excellent idea"

"So let's go, my car is waiting" Lex smirked and when they moved he put a hand on the small of her back.

Chloe sighed.

' It feels good' both thought

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They appeared at his house in complete silence and Chloe was fed up with it.

Through the entire way she thought what to say and of what not to say to get out with the face of this awkward situation.

Why?! Why I had to act so idiotically and tell him it! '

' Because it's true? '

Chloe hung her head. She was never good at lying to herself. She'd said these three important words because they were a truth.

And now she would have to deal with ramifications. Whatever they would be.

Lex stood a few feet from her, thinking what was happening in her blond head and trying to anticipate her every possible reaction. Because one thing he certainly knew, he didn't intend to give her up.

His breath was caught when he saw that she was raising her head.

Their gaze met and Chloe asked "You won't let it skip ?"

"Not" Lex responded

Chloe looked at him for a moment wishing him to lower his barriers a bit but it looked like it wasn't going to happen.

For a moment she considered walking away but it wouldn't be in her style. She never avoided challenges or the problems. She has always dealt with them.

' Oh well, I already said A so I can just as well say B it 's like something worse could happen'

"Why?" she asked looking straight into his eyes.

He almost smiled. It's entire Chloe. Not hiding or avoiding but standing with him, face to the face and without fear demanding an answer.

" Because what you said means very much for me" he explained softly, he swallowed hard, she risked a lot so he should do the same "Because, even if you only act on the spur of the moment , it gave me some hope"

Chloe was shocked, she's never seen him so vulnerable .

' He exposed himself' she thought ' he exposed himself for me'

" Hope?" she asked "After all you've always treated me like a child "

Lex sighed and shook his head "I know. It was simpler. Thinking about you as the child " he moved eyes over her figure" but now it won't work anymore, and it's terrifying "

" Terrifying? The fact that in the end it dawned on to you that I'm not a little girl?" Chloe asked frowning.

She slowly started understanding what he wanted to say and she felt the more and more intense need to punch him on the head. Strongly.

" Yes. Because now I will not be able to explain to myself why I shouldn't come near you and why at the same time I wants to protect you." Lex shrugged his shoulders" although probably I'm probably the greatest threat for you as a Luthor "

Chloe took a step forward and she stood up before him.

" You're saying?"

" God Chloe, I know that at the moment all is totally crazy but I hope that you will give a chance to me, to us... "he stopped himself, not wanting to sound too pleadingly yes he wanted a chance more than anything else in this world, but still he was Lex Luthor and Luthors's never begged, no matter how much they're desperate.

Chloe noticed that and smiled. It was all Lex Luthor. But she wouldn't change him not for all the world.

She laid her hand on his chest and asked tilting her head "Do you think that there is chocolate ice-cream somewhere here?"

Lex groaned and he covered her hand with his" I'm sure of that "

' You're one lucky bastard Mr Luthor!

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And the last part is right there:)