Chapter 10: The Limousine Part I
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Lex snatched a remote control from the small compartment behind him.
"This limo provides hours of entertainment Sullivan... there's the TV..." he stated, switching on the screen at the front of the limo. It was CNN.
**I'm coming to you live and on site at the Metropolis Central Church where Lex Luthor, son of the late Lionel Luthor, was to be wed. Only moments ago this spur of the moment fairy tale wedding was shattered as an unidentified caucasian woman disrupted the proceedings. Our sources tell us that after a chaotic episode, Mr. Luthor and the unknown woman stormed out of the church and allegedly left in a white limousine. That's all for now, we'll keep you updated as information becomes available. Back to the station for sports and weath-**
"Okay, let's not watch TV..." Lex stated switching it off. "I really can't understand why people would find my social life so interesting."
"Well when one richest men in the country plan a wedding, people tend to take notice." Chloe grinned. "...and apparently I'm the unidentified woman who ruined it all!"
"Saved me is more like it." the man smiled, tossing the remote aside.
"Hey, you know what? Your life is kinda like that movie... The Bachelor- have you seen it? Well of course you haven't seen it, you don't exactly scream guy-who-loves-chick-flicks." she said answering her own question.
"On the contrary Sullivan, I *have* watched that movie." the man admitted with a laugh.
"Really?! Well I was forced to sit through a Lana Lang pink-nail-polish-and- movie-night-sleepover. What's your excuse?"
"My jet broke down and I was forced to fly middle class. It was between the chick-flick and something about a dude and his car dubbed in Japanese."
Chloe laughed lightly which in turn released a grin from the Luthor who suddenly felt the desire to show her more.
"Let's get back to the limo tour... this would be the state of the art sound system with the bass thing and fancy audio effects that I don't know how to use." he said as a gentle, rhythmic piece of jazz started playing.
"Niiiice..." Chloe commented appreciatively.
"Then of course there's the drinks, would you like something? I have... vodka, wine and root beer."
Chloe smirked. "Root beer? That hardly seems romantic enough for newly weds?"
"Yeah, well... the alcohol was to numb my senses to the fact that I had just been married and the root beer can was in case I felt the need to smash the window open and escape." Lex explained half truthfully.
"Ah... very well planned, but I don't drink root beer and it's too early to get drunk." She replied smoothly.
"Really? Well I'm sure I can find something else in here that will tempt you Sullivan...?" Lex asked raising an eyebrow with a somewhat evil smile.
"I never get tempted Luthor." she said matching his gaze.
"Careful Sullivan- you know how I like a challenge..."
"It's not challenge Lex, there's nothing you have that could possibly tempt- ooooh... what's that?!" Chloe asked as she caught sight of something behind the drinks.
"Ah... could it be that I found your Achilles heel?"
"Please- I have no weak spots, now move over," she said, pushing him aside with her shoulder while crouching down to look into the small fridge.
"It is indeed a delicious sight Sullivan... what makes you so sure I'm willing to share it?" Lex asked slyly.
"Who said anything about sharing?" Chloe corrected.
The pair gazed at the dessert... at the single crystal glass that held a fluffy white layer of ice cream topped of with crisp strawberries and drenched in a dark chocolate coating.
"Your right Sullivan...something that exquisite can belong to only one person."
"I couldn't agree more. That's why I think you should let me have it- women need ice-cream more than men do."
"Why is that?"
"Well we're the ones that go through childbirth and have to put up the male species' crap. This stuff was invented for us and besides- I saw it first."
"You're failing to mention the fact that this *is* my limo... and technically it's my ice-cream."
"So it is, but you owe me Luthor. I helped stop that doomed wedding of yours."
"...and I thank you, but that doesn't mean you deserve the ice-cream."
Chloe glanced at the man before giving him a smile and leaning closer to him.
"You know on second thought... it's much more fun eating ice-cream when you're eating it with someone else..." she whispered closing in, making sure she had his attention.
"Wouldn't you rather taste it together...?"
The man mind was momentarily confuzzled by the hypnotic movement of her lips- the perfect opportunity for the woman to make her move. She reached into the mini fridge and grabbed the crystal glass.
"Ha! Take that Luthor!" she stated with satisfaction quickly returning to her seat with her prize.
The man snapped out of his daze, realizing what Chloe had done.
"Hey you cheated!" he retorted, lounging back into his seat, "I honestly feel violated."
"I never knew there were rules," she replied innocently, savoring the moment.
"Well Sullivan you might have your womanly ways, but I also have a few tricks up my sleeve."
"...and what would they be?"
"Superior upper body strength."
Lex snatched the glass away from her with relative ease- but to his surprise, she didn't surrender. Instead she managed to lunge at him, knocking him down onto his back so he lay on the seat.
"I'm not giving up that easily!" Chloe snapped, pinning the man down and making a grab for the glass that was just out of her reach.
To his horror, Lex's muscles tightened under him. Chloe didn't even realize the effect she was having on his brain chemistry- the short black skirt she wore didn't help matters either.
"You know... when you jump on a man and start wriggling on him it usually sends a certain message," he said slowly. With his one free hand he reached to the side of her face and brushed aside her falling hair.
Chloe glanced down at the Luthor who she had forced down with her own body and hotly realized what he meant. Thoughts of the ice-cream promptly fled her mind.
"There's something I want to tell you Sullivan..."
The girl held her breath and her eyes widened as he trailed his hand around her neck then down her back. With a swift motion he twirled her body around and sent her flying off the seat onto the limo's floor with a shriek.
"I never loose a challenge."
Lex grinned to himself smugly before realizing that Chloe hadn't moved from her spot and her eyes were faintly closed.
"Sullivan...?" he asked, "Hahaha... now get up- nobody ever died from falling off the seat of a limo."
The young woman was motionless.
Lex knelt down beside her, "Sullivan? I'm serious- get up!" he said, lightly slapping her cheek. He felt a deep fear in the pit of his stomach as he reached around her shoulders to shake her back to life.
"This isn't funny... are you alright? Sullivan? Sullivan?! Chloe!"
The girl snorted with laughter- she couldn't take it anymore and slapped the man's hands away before snatching up the ice-cream again. That would teach him not to mess with her.
"My goodness Luthor- you think you would have learned by now?" she commented, removing the protective plastic covering and dipping the spoon into the dessert. It was then that she noticed the bewildered expression on the man's face.
"What's wrong?"
"Sullivan! I thought you were concussed! I swear to God if you ever do that to me again I'll kill you myself!" he snapped viciously, leaning back down in the seat. This limo was too small for the both of them.
"Fine... I'm sorry. I guess it would be pretty bad press for you if they found the unidentified female dead in your limo."
Lex nodded- though that hadn't been the reason for his concern.
Chloe sighed, feeling a twinge of guilt. Ugh... she hated feeling guilty. With a scoop of the spoon she held it to Lex's mouth. He raised an eyebrow at her and she rolled her eyes.
"I'm giving you the first taste just in case somebody poisoned it or something."
"You are so thoughtful Sullivan." the man stated with a grin.
The two leaned forward as Lex took the spoon in his mouth, running his tongue over the smooth ice cream, but keeping eye contact with the woman before him. Just then they ran over a speed bump and the spoon struck against his pearly whites.
"Ah!" he yelled releasing the spoon and quickly drawing his hand up to his mouth.
"Are you trying to kill me Sullivan?!"
"Oh, I'm sorry," she winced, "There was a bump in the road."
"My God, I think it's bleeding," he muttered.
"Well if you bled all over the spoon I suppose we can't use it anymore."
"Hey, can I get a little sympathy over here? What if I chipped a tooth?"
"Actually I think you chipped the spoon."
"I'm in pain here!"
"Here let me see."
Chloe grabbed Lex's chin with one hand, forcing his mouth open and lifted up his top lip with the thumb and index finger of her other hand.
"thee thany thing?" he mumbled
"Nope. You're fine." she said releasing him and checking the spoon before dipping it back into the dessert.
Lex ran his tongue over the injured area and decided that major reconstructive surgery would not be needed. He glanced at Chloe silkily eating up the dessert and grinned.
"Hey, gimme some!" he demanded.
Chloe, who was midway through a strawberry, looked like she was contemplating his request. A drop of chocolate fell just above the edge of her red top and she unconsciously scooped it up with her finger and sucked it.
If he didn't know better Lex could have sworn she'd done that on purpose.
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Lex snatched a remote control from the small compartment behind him.
"This limo provides hours of entertainment Sullivan... there's the TV..." he stated, switching on the screen at the front of the limo. It was CNN.
**I'm coming to you live and on site at the Metropolis Central Church where Lex Luthor, son of the late Lionel Luthor, was to be wed. Only moments ago this spur of the moment fairy tale wedding was shattered as an unidentified caucasian woman disrupted the proceedings. Our sources tell us that after a chaotic episode, Mr. Luthor and the unknown woman stormed out of the church and allegedly left in a white limousine. That's all for now, we'll keep you updated as information becomes available. Back to the station for sports and weath-**
"Okay, let's not watch TV..." Lex stated switching it off. "I really can't understand why people would find my social life so interesting."
"Well when one richest men in the country plan a wedding, people tend to take notice." Chloe grinned. "...and apparently I'm the unidentified woman who ruined it all!"
"Saved me is more like it." the man smiled, tossing the remote aside.
"Hey, you know what? Your life is kinda like that movie... The Bachelor- have you seen it? Well of course you haven't seen it, you don't exactly scream guy-who-loves-chick-flicks." she said answering her own question.
"On the contrary Sullivan, I *have* watched that movie." the man admitted with a laugh.
"Really?! Well I was forced to sit through a Lana Lang pink-nail-polish-and- movie-night-sleepover. What's your excuse?"
"My jet broke down and I was forced to fly middle class. It was between the chick-flick and something about a dude and his car dubbed in Japanese."
Chloe laughed lightly which in turn released a grin from the Luthor who suddenly felt the desire to show her more.
"Let's get back to the limo tour... this would be the state of the art sound system with the bass thing and fancy audio effects that I don't know how to use." he said as a gentle, rhythmic piece of jazz started playing.
"Niiiice..." Chloe commented appreciatively.
"Then of course there's the drinks, would you like something? I have... vodka, wine and root beer."
Chloe smirked. "Root beer? That hardly seems romantic enough for newly weds?"
"Yeah, well... the alcohol was to numb my senses to the fact that I had just been married and the root beer can was in case I felt the need to smash the window open and escape." Lex explained half truthfully.
"Ah... very well planned, but I don't drink root beer and it's too early to get drunk." She replied smoothly.
"Really? Well I'm sure I can find something else in here that will tempt you Sullivan...?" Lex asked raising an eyebrow with a somewhat evil smile.
"I never get tempted Luthor." she said matching his gaze.
"Careful Sullivan- you know how I like a challenge..."
"It's not challenge Lex, there's nothing you have that could possibly tempt- ooooh... what's that?!" Chloe asked as she caught sight of something behind the drinks.
"Ah... could it be that I found your Achilles heel?"
"Please- I have no weak spots, now move over," she said, pushing him aside with her shoulder while crouching down to look into the small fridge.
"It is indeed a delicious sight Sullivan... what makes you so sure I'm willing to share it?" Lex asked slyly.
"Who said anything about sharing?" Chloe corrected.
The pair gazed at the dessert... at the single crystal glass that held a fluffy white layer of ice cream topped of with crisp strawberries and drenched in a dark chocolate coating.
"Your right Sullivan...something that exquisite can belong to only one person."
"I couldn't agree more. That's why I think you should let me have it- women need ice-cream more than men do."
"Why is that?"
"Well we're the ones that go through childbirth and have to put up the male species' crap. This stuff was invented for us and besides- I saw it first."
"You're failing to mention the fact that this *is* my limo... and technically it's my ice-cream."
"So it is, but you owe me Luthor. I helped stop that doomed wedding of yours."
"...and I thank you, but that doesn't mean you deserve the ice-cream."
Chloe glanced at the man before giving him a smile and leaning closer to him.
"You know on second thought... it's much more fun eating ice-cream when you're eating it with someone else..." she whispered closing in, making sure she had his attention.
"Wouldn't you rather taste it together...?"
The man mind was momentarily confuzzled by the hypnotic movement of her lips- the perfect opportunity for the woman to make her move. She reached into the mini fridge and grabbed the crystal glass.
"Ha! Take that Luthor!" she stated with satisfaction quickly returning to her seat with her prize.
The man snapped out of his daze, realizing what Chloe had done.
"Hey you cheated!" he retorted, lounging back into his seat, "I honestly feel violated."
"I never knew there were rules," she replied innocently, savoring the moment.
"Well Sullivan you might have your womanly ways, but I also have a few tricks up my sleeve."
"...and what would they be?"
"Superior upper body strength."
Lex snatched the glass away from her with relative ease- but to his surprise, she didn't surrender. Instead she managed to lunge at him, knocking him down onto his back so he lay on the seat.
"I'm not giving up that easily!" Chloe snapped, pinning the man down and making a grab for the glass that was just out of her reach.
To his horror, Lex's muscles tightened under him. Chloe didn't even realize the effect she was having on his brain chemistry- the short black skirt she wore didn't help matters either.
"You know... when you jump on a man and start wriggling on him it usually sends a certain message," he said slowly. With his one free hand he reached to the side of her face and brushed aside her falling hair.
Chloe glanced down at the Luthor who she had forced down with her own body and hotly realized what he meant. Thoughts of the ice-cream promptly fled her mind.
"There's something I want to tell you Sullivan..."
The girl held her breath and her eyes widened as he trailed his hand around her neck then down her back. With a swift motion he twirled her body around and sent her flying off the seat onto the limo's floor with a shriek.
"I never loose a challenge."
Lex grinned to himself smugly before realizing that Chloe hadn't moved from her spot and her eyes were faintly closed.
"Sullivan...?" he asked, "Hahaha... now get up- nobody ever died from falling off the seat of a limo."
The young woman was motionless.
Lex knelt down beside her, "Sullivan? I'm serious- get up!" he said, lightly slapping her cheek. He felt a deep fear in the pit of his stomach as he reached around her shoulders to shake her back to life.
"This isn't funny... are you alright? Sullivan? Sullivan?! Chloe!"
The girl snorted with laughter- she couldn't take it anymore and slapped the man's hands away before snatching up the ice-cream again. That would teach him not to mess with her.
"My goodness Luthor- you think you would have learned by now?" she commented, removing the protective plastic covering and dipping the spoon into the dessert. It was then that she noticed the bewildered expression on the man's face.
"What's wrong?"
"Sullivan! I thought you were concussed! I swear to God if you ever do that to me again I'll kill you myself!" he snapped viciously, leaning back down in the seat. This limo was too small for the both of them.
"Fine... I'm sorry. I guess it would be pretty bad press for you if they found the unidentified female dead in your limo."
Lex nodded- though that hadn't been the reason for his concern.
Chloe sighed, feeling a twinge of guilt. Ugh... she hated feeling guilty. With a scoop of the spoon she held it to Lex's mouth. He raised an eyebrow at her and she rolled her eyes.
"I'm giving you the first taste just in case somebody poisoned it or something."
"You are so thoughtful Sullivan." the man stated with a grin.
The two leaned forward as Lex took the spoon in his mouth, running his tongue over the smooth ice cream, but keeping eye contact with the woman before him. Just then they ran over a speed bump and the spoon struck against his pearly whites.
"Ah!" he yelled releasing the spoon and quickly drawing his hand up to his mouth.
"Are you trying to kill me Sullivan?!"
"Oh, I'm sorry," she winced, "There was a bump in the road."
"My God, I think it's bleeding," he muttered.
"Well if you bled all over the spoon I suppose we can't use it anymore."
"Hey, can I get a little sympathy over here? What if I chipped a tooth?"
"Actually I think you chipped the spoon."
"I'm in pain here!"
"Here let me see."
Chloe grabbed Lex's chin with one hand, forcing his mouth open and lifted up his top lip with the thumb and index finger of her other hand.
"thee thany thing?" he mumbled
"Nope. You're fine." she said releasing him and checking the spoon before dipping it back into the dessert.
Lex ran his tongue over the injured area and decided that major reconstructive surgery would not be needed. He glanced at Chloe silkily eating up the dessert and grinned.
"Hey, gimme some!" he demanded.
Chloe, who was midway through a strawberry, looked like she was contemplating his request. A drop of chocolate fell just above the edge of her red top and she unconsciously scooped it up with her finger and sucked it.
If he didn't know better Lex could have sworn she'd done that on purpose.
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