Title: The Present.

Rating: PG-13 just to be safe.

Pairing: Chloe/Lionel. If you don't like it don't read it.

Genre: Future

Authors Notes: This features Chloe and Lionel in a relationship.

Thanks for all the feedback. I'm glad folks liked it. Here's the next part. Apologies it's so short but I'm supposed to be studying.

Summary: Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers but nothing sells like a scandal or a hint of a scandal.

An excerpt from The Inquisitor's weekend series: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.

Luthor ménage a trois?

By C. Castle

The second wife of Lionel Luthor has frequently been seen in the company of her stepson Lex Luthor. Mrs Luthor created quite a scandal when she, the then Chloe Sullivan married Lionel Luthor a man old enough to be her father. The fact he was older than her father and also his boss escaped no one. Many commentators thought the marriage would last a maximum of six months; in fact it has lasted in excess of six years.

Even so it has come as no great surprise that Mrs Luthor is spending time with a man much closer to her own age. Lex Luthor has been married and divorced five times, and was on the verge of marriage number six before this apparent reconciliation with the elder Luthor. It has been noted that Lex became estranged from his father when he married the then Ms. Sullivan, a reporter for our competitor The Daily Planet. An eyewitness at the time describes a heated argument between Lex, his father and Ms. Sullivan. At one point he appeared to be pleading with Ms. Sullivan.

More recently, eyewitnesses have spotted Lex and Chloe Luthor 'staring at each other like the only two people in the world' and 'having the time of their lives'. Eyewitnesses also noted that Mr Clark Kent of The Daily Planet was with them on each occasion. Mr Kent and Mrs Luthor were thought to be estranged following her marriage to the elder Luthor.

The vivacious and obviously pregnant Mrs Luthor was snapped coming out of the exclusive Chez Metropolis with a grinning Lionel Luthor on one arm and a smiling Lex Luthor on the other. Mr Kent, as usual wasn't far behind.

Speculation is rife as to the father of her second child.

Full article in this weekend's Inquisitor.