Thanks for the reviews! About Lana and her dad, you are correct; just remember this fic takes place like 3 years after the show, maybe things got better? Well in this fic things got better, maybe I will explain later on, but thanks for the observation.
About it being Lexana, like I said, the reader will decide, if they want to, if not I will have to go with... not like its that hard to figure out considering my other fics! (smile)
This story is pretty much writing itself so far so enjoy the frequent updates while they last.
On with the story.
Possibilities
"Sorry Lex, this Will is harder to break than your father's vault. It doesn't leave us many loopholes."
Those had been the words of the third lawyer he had gone to.
"So there are some." He stated. He wasn't going to lose the chance to run Luthorcorp, but he wasn't sure he was willing to pay that high a price.
"See this says that your marriage must last at least two years, then the stocks go to you, but it also leaves a small percentage to your wife, whoever it may be." He knew that already, what did he want to get to?
"Your first born would then receive the house and another percentage of the stocks, which you would administer until he or she turned 21" that he knew as well.
"What it doesn't say is that the child must be product of the marriage, it just has to be yours." Lex was getting tired of this.
"What are you suggesting?"
"You wouldn't happen to have a son or a daughter running around, would you?"
"Robert, be serious about this!" he was most definitely annoyed.
"Come on Lex, this is the most ludicrous last will I have ever had to deal with, but it's iron clad." He sighed, "Just find a woman you can trust, marry her, live with her for a while, have her hand over the stocks and finito, divorce and the kid can wait another couple years."
A woman I trust? Lex stayed silent.
"I know, given you record with women, a trustworthy one would be hard to find, but.. " he cut off his sentence at the death glare Lex was shooting at him. He lifted his hands in surrender.
Lex took the papers from the desk and walked out the door.
Later that afternoon
He stared silently into the water under the bridge. This was where he was supposed to have died years ago, where he got a second chance at life. He wasn't too sure this second chance had been managed any better by him.
He reflected on his poor choices regarding personal relationship and what the last of the lawyers had told him. He was right, now he admitted, he was bad at choosing women to love, much less to trust, and now this situation was putting everything in hands of the woman of his choice.
Maybe his mom should have picked one out for him to save him the pain of messing up again. He sighed; there was no need to hurry things, yet. He would take his time, after all, no matter what decision he made someone would be affected one way or the other.
Where would he find someone to trust enough to be a part of this, but to sacrifice herself in his favor?
One thing he did know, he wasn't willing to let this opportunity go without a fight.
Wait for next chapter: A woman to trust