Holidays Part I – Chapter 14
Chloe walked down the hall with her coffee in one hand and the card in the other. She felt the ring clink against the side of cup and smiled every time she heard the sound. Pushing open her office door first, then walking through the living room and finally the conference room, she sat in his chair in front of the computer fully expecting him to appear on the screen.
"Miss Chloe, you must keep looking," Carmen answered to seeing Chloe fall into the leather chair.
Chloe looked up and knew then that Lex and Magnil had pulled a fast one on her. He was in the house. She continued to search and then slyly looked at the cracked doorway. Going back into the kitchen, she poured another cup of coffee and headed into the storm shelter.
"Hello?" She looked around and flipped the light on with her elbow and saw Lex sprawled out on the cot that they had made up on. Where they had admitted their feelings to each other. Pushing the door closed, she put down the cups on the table and stared at him.
Lex eyed the ring on her finger and smiled. "Happy Birthday. You feel older?"
Chloe sauntered over to Lex and pushed him down into the bed that was not nearly as comfortable as the one in their bedroom but it would have to do. She didn't want to waste any time. Pulling the bottom part of the robe apart, she straddled him, still in his perfectly tailored pants. "A little more now," she giddily answered waving the ring on her hand. "But I want to hear it."
"Hear what?" Lex chuckled. He knew. Putting his hands behind his head, he stared at her and waited to see how long her patience would last. Her eyes got bigger with every second and Lex gave in when her hands started beating on his chest. Grabbing her wrists the next time she bared down on him, she fell on top of him, her head disappearing into the mattress.
Chloe lifted her body up enough to see Lex as his smile didn't break from his face. Running his hands through her hair, he touched her face pulled her into a well deserved kiss. Looking at her, he took a deep breath. This one was going to work; he wouldn't let it fail. "Chloe Sullivan, would you …"
"Yes!" she quietly screamed before plunging into a deep kiss before Lex pulled her out of it.
"Good, I'll get the contracts all prepared with Magnil and see you outside then." Chloe sat up and felt Lex tug out from underneath her and leave the room. Chloe sat in the middle of the bed and stared at the open door.
"What just happened here?" she said to herself as she waited for the punchline or him to return. She got up and grabbed the coffee cups, dropping them off in the kitchen before disappearing into the bedroom crushed. That wasn't the way it was supposed to happen at all.
Chloe stood in the middle of the bedroom and stared at the ring on her finger and spun it repeatedly wondering what the hell just happened. "Fuck, what did I do?" she whispered as she started to softly stomp. Her birthday, she had been awake for less than an hour and was already upset.
Lex watched the hissy fit play out from behind the closet door as he changed out of the suit and tie. Stifling a laugh, he covered his mouth and threw a shirt on, not bothering to button it. Easing out of the door without making it creak, he grabbed her from behind.
"What the hell?!" Chloe screamed as she heard the main door shut to the room. Lex gripped her tighter and nuzzled kisses into her neck.
Nipping at her earlobe, he felt Chloe's fight slow as she moaned at his touch. "Chloe, will you marry me?" He released her somewhat and felt her turn in his arms. "Be my wife."
Chloe looked at the grin on his face. He had planned the whole thing down to the servant closing the door. "That was a mean game."
"But it was funny," he snickered. Running his hand over her face, he pulled her lips to his and enticed her to part hers. He needed to taste her after so long. Pushing her toward the bed, he held her carefully and groaned when he felt her tongue run past his and scrape the top of his mouth. Deepening the kiss, he held her head in his hands and breathed in her scent. It was sweeter than he remembered.
With a disappointing moan, Chloe pulled from his kiss and stared up at Lex. "Yes," she said carefully. Lex balanced her and pushed her further on the bed as she slid her hands inside the undone shirt and let it float to the ground. "Welcome home."
Lex sat up from her and carefully pulled on the simple knot that held the robe together around her bare body. Chloe slid her arms out and laid on top of the light cotton. Lex closed his eyes and groaned, feeling her nails drag seductively down the front of his chest before locking in his waistband.
Chloe teased and felt for how many layers and was pleasantly surprised. "I guess I'm going to get my birthday present right now?" She smiled as Lex leaned over, taking one of her now hardened nipples in his mouth to stifle the groan from his throat as his pants hit the floor.
Climbing over her, he grazed his hand over her whole body as she stretched her arms over her head and cooed. He just wanted to touch her. Leaning over, he kissed her and buried his face into her neck, "I missed you."
"Me too." She whimpered as Lex grazed her with his fingers and could feel she was already wet. "Please Lex." She begged as she started to stroke him and felt him harden to her touch. It had been six weeks for him; the longest without a woman in his lifetime, but worth every minute.
"Chloe, slow honey," he moaned as she sped up her hand in reaction to his deeper circles he drew on her core. Lex sat up and watched her hand work on his length and groaned again as he leaned over to the nightstand.
"Lex." Lex turned and gazed at Chloe. "I want to feel you."
Lex looked nervously at Chloe. "You…We could…"
Chloe pulled him back into her, grazing her breasts against his chest as he continued to worry, "I know," she whispered as a smile appeared on her face. Lex gulped and took a deep breath as he kissed her again understanding she wanted it, for them.
Feeling her hands run down his back, he lined himself up with her wet core and slowly entered her. "Chloe," he groaned slowly as he pulled her legs over his shoulders and thrust deeper into her.
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"I'm nervous Lex." Chloe grabbed the handles of the leather seat on the plane and shook her legs nervously. She watched out the window and saw the plane leave the ground heading back to the states. "What if people don't want me back?"
"Look, the Kents and Lana have been more than wonderful since you decided to show yourself. And although from what Clark has told me about his dad, I think him hurting you is a lot lower on the menu than him hurting me." Lex leaned over and handed her a glass of wine.
Chloe smiled and toasted, "To freaking out the entire city and breaking thousands of women's hearts." Lex laughed and clinked his glass to hers to toast. He watched as Chloe put it back on the tray and raised an eyebrow.
"Just in case." Lex squeezed her hand and smiled, downing her glass as she rolled her eyes.
The day after he had arrived home and the awkward stop in their first time back together, Chloe caught him on the laptop looking up methods that would supposedly be sure fire ways to get pregnant. She grinned behind him, out of his sight. Her hunch was correct, but she could hold out on him a little longer. Besides, Magnil was just as good at hiding Chloe's secrets from Lex as Lex's secrets from her.
The rest of the week, he had tried every trick he had found. Chloe was amused at the most, but drew the line at something involved her standing on her head. Lex later admitted he made that one up to see if she would fall for it because she was too much fun not to make fun of her.
The plane landed several hours later in the Metropolis and the two dipped into a limo. Chloe looked more and more uncomfortable the closer they got into town near where she knew his penthouse was. "It's going to be ok. We're going to settle in and then meet up with everyone for dinner tonight." Lex pulled Chloe into him and put his arm around her.
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Chloe opened to the door to a screaming and very jumpy Lana Lang. "Oh my God!!! I missed you so much!" The two girls almost danced around the floor together. Chloe tried to resist too much jumping but left the floor a couple of times just under Lana's aggressive moves.
"Clark." Lex shook his hand before blowing his mind and pulling him for a hug. Clark's eyes got bigger as Lana stopped to snicker at the very out of character move for Lex.
"I am so happy you decided to come back, even if it was…" Lana brushed her fingers over the hand of Chloe's that she held and stopped. Looking down and then over at Lex, she gasped. Staring back at Chloe, she covered her mouth and then at Lex again.
"She's speechless, but congrats man. I hope this one doesn't try to kill you." Clark laughed as he and Lex found the bar quickly. Lex twisted the top off the low key bottle and Clark eyed the strange new drink. "New taste?"
"Nah, kind of a new investment. This old sea bard on St. Thomas made this stuff in his garage. And I just promised him a little better factory and a lot better profits as long as he didn't drink everything he made." Lex handed Clark a glass and waited.
"Wow, that doesn't burn at all."
"Very mild, something about sugar cane and all that. Anyway, of all my smaller ventures, this one has taken off better than any other. I sent a bottle to all my subsidiary holding partners and word of mouth has exploded." Lex stopped and watched as the girls compared rings.
"She looks happy Lex." Clark stated and then looked at the strange warm grin on Lex's tanned face. "You look pretty…happy too."
Lex glanced over at Clark and felt one side of his face creep into a grin, "I am…happy."
"Dad!" Clark nodded to Lex to follow him over to his parents and try to be civil.
Lex turned and poured one more glass of the older gentleman and walked over to welcome the guests he was most concerned about. "Mr. Kent, glad that you and Mrs. Kent could make it." He handed Jonathon the drink and Clark nodded in approval. Slinging the drink back, Jonathon eyed Lex and grinned slightly.
"See your tastes have sweetened as much as what my son says your personality has. Sounds like Chloe has been a bit of good medicine." Jonathon complimented the young man on his choice of woman and drink. Hopefully the night wouldn't be totally shot.
"And then he just got up and walked away. I was just beside myself. But it was one of his stupid games, and he eventually spit out the actual question." Chloe rambled on about Lex's stupid proposal as Martha joined the girls and listened in. Looking over Chloe's ring, she glanced back in Lex's direction and was surprised by his choice, a simple pear shape not over two carats if her eye was right.
"So where will you be living?" Martha asked curiously.
"We've discussed it. He still of course is going to have to do a lot of travel, but he has been slowly working toward getting the villa set up for a permanent residence. It'll take several more months to get it up to speed, but I'm there and Magnil is great at what she does."
"Guess we're going to have to crash your summers then?" Lana questioned.
"Yeah, but there is plenty of space. He's adding on to the house as we speak." Chloe stated looking at the approving Martha. "By the way, I would love to have some support tomorrow if all of you could come."
"We'd be delighted to dear." Martha added, patting Chloe on the arm.
The six sat down for dinner in the main penthouse dining room as the kitchen staff sat things out on the table. "This all looks wonderful Lex. I still wish you would have let me cook." Martha said. "Still thank you."
Lex stood up and handed Chloe a glass, whispering to her privately before picking up his glass. "This year has been something out of the ordinary. There has been a lot of hurt," he choked as Chloe grabbed his loose hand. "And there's been a lot of love surround me like never before. And I wouldn't have made out positively without Chloe's phone call." He glanced over at her.
"Thanks to Jonathon and Martha for raising Clark the way you did. You taught him to steer clear of me in times that were questionable in my nature and although we rubbed shoulders several times Mr. Kent, you are the kind of husband I want to be."
"Clark and Lana," Lex paused and stopped as everyone held on the edge of their seats. Lex kept his glass in the air as Chloe eyed Lex's continuous pause. "See? Doesn't all that time anticipating something suck? My point is it's about time." Clark and Lana laughed as the Kents tried to contain their snickers at Lex's try at humor.
"And then you," he took Chloe hand. "You saved me." Lex stopped and suddenly couldn't breathe.
Chloe squeezed his hand back and finished, "we saved each other."
Gaining his composure, he looked over the other at the table that genuinely smiled in their direction. "Happy Thanksgiving."
TBC