Todd stopped pacing back and forth at her words and turned to her, his face blank and pale. "What did you just say?"

The look on his face crumbled Chloe's heart into a thousand pieces and tears began to form behind her eyes. She held them back and lifted her head to look him deep in the eyes, "I have been cheating on you too, it was actually what I came home to tell you tonight."

Unable to believe what he was hearing Todd turned back to pacing in front of Chloe. He had had a suspicious feeling a while back that Chloe wasn't being faithful but he chose to ignore it because he didn't want to believe it. "How long?"

Watching Todd pace and process all of what she was telling him was hard, but Chloe knew it was going to be when she decided she needed to tell him. She bowed her head and stared at her bare feet that didn't quite reach the floor. "About four years."

Calculating it Todd figured out that she must have started before they left Metropolis for New York. So it had to be someone from back home, and only one name came to his mind when he thought of Metropolis. Clark. He didn't really want to as, but he had to know, "Who is he?"

His question surprised Chloe, she didn't take Todd for a stupid man so she had figured that he would put two and two together and known it was Clark. Closing her eyes she took a deep breath before she uttered his name, "Clark."

Once again Todd stopped pacing and looked to his wife, he wanted to be mad at her, and he had every right to be. But he could see the guilt that she held and when he had been doing the same it really wasn't fair to put all the blame on her. He needed to get out, get fresh air and think about this, all of it. Rushing towards the door he left Chloe sitting on the bed with her head hung low in guilt and shame. Before he left he stopped and whispered the words loud enough for her to hear, "Just know that I still love you and am not mad."

"Mr. Luckson, you have a young lady who wishes to speak with you." The young hostess said as she entered the busy kitchen to find Todd working on a dish.

Todd looked up from what he was doing and gave her a confused look, "Really? Did she give you a name?"

Lisa, as her name tag read, shook her head, "Nope, she just requested to see you. I sat her in the far back, would you like me to tell her you are too busy?"

The mystery of his visitor was too much for Todd to turn down, he swore that Chloe's investigative side had rubbed off on him. "No, that is fine. Just tell her I will be a few minutes and tell her to order anything on the house."

"Alright." Lisa said as she turned and walked out the double doors onto the full restaurant floor. She made her way through the many tables full of customers, both new and regulars. She stopped by a few tables to see if everyone was comfortable and enjoying themselves. Once she had reached the small private table where Lois sat she spoke to her. "Mr. Luckson will out in a few minutes, in the mean time can I get you anything? On the house."

Lois had been enjoying watching all the people go about their nights and their time with their loved ones. When she heard the soft voice of the hostess she turned and took a moment to comprehend her words. She nodded, "Thank you, I think I will have a glass of red wine."

Lisa could see that something was on the lady's mind but it wasn't her business to be asking those types of questions. Once she got her order from Lois she nodded her head, "Good choice we have some of the best red wine in the city, I will be right back with that for you." She turned and walked back to the cellar to get her glass of wine.

Smiling at the politeness of the young girl Lois nodded and watched her walk off. Once she was out of range Lois returned her gaze to the large restaurant full of so many people who were all living such different lives. People watching intrigued her, she loved to watch and try to guess what that person was doing or how he or she was feeling about their life. So lost in the trance of life around her Lois didn't hear Todd approaching from the side until he made himself known.

"People are an interesting form of entertainment aren't they?" From the side it was hard to tell that the woman was Lois, so Todd didn't recognize her. Eyeing the lady up and down he could see she had a beautiful figure, which was showcased very well in that dress. And even though the darkness hid most of her face, he could tell form the dim light that graced it she was a rare beauty that he had only ever seen in Chloe. He sat down across from her and waited for her to turn and face him.

Hearing his voice Lois shook out of her daze and turned to face him, "Yes, yes they are."

Seeing that the woman was none other than Lois Lane, he was taken back at how attractive he had found her in the darkness of confusion. He had always found Lois to be pretty, actually at first he had wanted to take her on the date over her cousin that she forced on him. But the way she looked tonight caught him off guard and he saw how gorgeous Lois could actually be. "Lois? What are you doing here?"

She could see in his eyes when she first turned to him that he had taken her in and found what he saw to be pleasing. Which was exactly what she had hoped would happen, "I came to see you."

Her voice was a bit lower than usual and she was looking at him differently than she always did. Todd took notice of all these things and as hard as he tried to fight it, his attraction to her was drawing him in and bringing out the flirty side of him. "Really, you wanted to see little ole me?"

Just then Lisa came over with Lois glass of wine and a glass of vodka for Todd. She set the drinks down right in front of them, "Sorry for the wait, there was a mix up, up front that I had to help with."

Lois took her glass of wine and sipped from it, "It's no problem, thank you."

Taking his own drink Todd, held it before he drank and turned to Lisa, "What kind of a mix up?"

Waving her hand through the air to signal it wasn't a big deal she explained, "Just a couple said they had made reservations and they weren't down. I found them a small table and apologized for the confusion and gave them desert on the house."

Finishing a swig from his glass he nodded, "Well handled."

Lisa bowed her head in thanks, "Thank you, is there anything else I can get you two?"

Todd looked over to Lois to see if she needed anything, but she was staring directly at him. "Anything else you want or need there Lois?"

Never taking her eyes off of his, Lois shook her head, "Nope, everything I need or want is already here." She raised her glass to make it less obvious what she really meant.

Sensing the sexual tension in the air Lisa took the quickest exit she could. "Alright then, if you change your mind let me know." Neither of them noticed her leave, but could sense they were alone again.

Leaning in so he could see her face better, Todd could smell the perfume she had sprayed on herself. It was an intoxicating scent, a combination of lavender and cinnamon, two smells that you never expected to mix well, but did on her. "So, what brought you here to me tonight?"

Clark still couldn't figure out why Lois had pushed him to be with Chloe tonight. It just seemed so out of character for Lois, especially when she had been steamed at him all day. But he was grateful for her change of character because he didn't want to be stuck in the house with her and the awkward tension still between them, and he needed to talk to Chloe.

As Clark neared the Daily Planet he decided that even though he knew what they did last night was wrong, it still felt more right then being with Lois ever had. He knew that he would never convince Chloe of that though, she had Todd and she was happy and he had no right to ruin that just so he could have Chloe. Sighing and shoving the thoughts of Chloe and Todd doing what they had last night he entered the building and climbed the stairs to the news room.

Chloe had been unable to think all afternoon, she just kept getting images from the night before and then Todd's worried face earlier that morning. She wanted to forget the mistake she had made with Clark the night before, but she couldn't and she knew she wouldn't try very hard either. It meant too much for her to just forget it, and it was really too good to forget.

She shook her head to clean it of the images, she needed to get out of this office and get some fresh air. She began to clean up her desk and all the papers she had thrown across its surface. She wasn't quite sure what she was going to do but she just needed to get out and think.

Clark found Chloe clearing her desk and getting ready to leave. He debated if he should interrupt her or just let her go and be alone. After watching her move around and sensing her need to get out and just relax he decided that he would interrupt and take her out. He walked up behind her and stopped just to the side of her desk, "Hey."

His voice brought Chloe out of her daze and made her jump a little. Once she looked up and saw Clark smiling that Kent smile back at her she calmed down a bit. "Clark, don't sneak up on me like that!"

He laughed at her shock and how angry she was trying to be at him. "It's okay Chlo, just me."

She wanted to slap that smug smirk off his face, "Funny Clark, what are you doing here anyways?"

He always thought she was so cute when she tried to be angry with him, made him laugh even more. But he shook the laughs and leaned against the desk behind him, "Well Lois sent me to come and save you from overworking yourself."

Chloe shot him a quizzical look, "Lois sent you? Why wouldn't she just come and get me herself and we could have a girls night?"

"Aww I love you too Chlo, "Clark put on a hurt face and tried to get a laugh out of her.

It worked and she let out a small giggle, "You know it's not like that, but usually when Lois worries about me over working she comes and gets me and we have a girls night at her house with Johnny Depp movies and a bucket of ice cream."

He rolled his eyes, he knew all too well of these 'girls nights', usually Lois kicked him out of the house, but on the rare occasion he joined them, but they changed movies so he didn't have to sit and listen to them drool over Johnny Depp. "Well I can't provide you with Johnny Depp movies or ice cream, but how about a midnight showing of 'Funnyface' and popcorn drenched in butter?"

Putting her last folder back in its door she turned to look at him, he knew she loved Audrey Heburn and even more butter drenched popcorn. "Clark Kent you know me too well, that sounds great. I just need to go home and change."

He smiled and nodded, "Alright, you want to take the Clark express or the average human way?"

Grabbing her things Chloe walked over to him and quirked her eyebrow, "Oh I haven't ridden the Clark Express in a while, lets go for it." She smiled wide and opened her arms wide.

Laughing he stood up and took her in his arms, he looked down at her to make sure she was ready and when he saw she was he took off.