Thanks for the reviews, keep them coming!! Here is another back to back update, like I said before, don't get used to it.

This story is not going to be a bed of roses, the complications will start, sooner or later. jeje. Enjoy!

Marriage

What had she gotten herself into?

She looked around at the lavish surroundings of the elegant wedding boutique. She let out the breath she had been holding in practically from the moment she entered the mirrored room. It had been a month since she had agreed to play Lex's wife, but as the days went by it got more complicated.

Her father threw a fit to say the least and was angered by her willingness to get trapped in the middle of the Luthor game, as he called it. There was some very strong reasoning behind his points, but she made good ones as well, mainly on the loyalty and friendship note. Her final argument had been the one to almost convince him.

"If I don't do it, then someone else will, who will end up getting glittered eyed for the money and try to hurt him, then I will have to come to his rescue and endanger my life as well" she pointed out at a very angry Gabe.

"You are not backing out on this, are you?" he asked, trying to calm down and go with her reasoning.

"No dad, he's my friend and I trust him."

That is what had ended the discussion, but it had been the first of many along the road, and they kept getting tougher.

"You can't tell anyone else Chloe." Lex warned her when she had come to tell him that her father had agreed.

"Why not? What am I supposed to tell my friends? What are you going to tell them?"

"I don't think I have to tell you that if my father gets wind of this he will try to annul the will or prove before a judge that our marriage is a fake. The less people know about this arrangement the better." He knew how precarious his situation was and was going to be for the next two years.

"So we have to make everyone believe it's for real?" she let out an exasperated sigh.

"I told you this wasn't going to be easy." He reached over and took her hand.

"So, what are we going to tell Clark, Lana and Pete? That I suddenly fell madly in love with you and we decided to run off and get married?" she almost laughed at how silly that sounded.

"You make it sound like it would be a bad thing." He smiled, she was joking so that was a good sign.

"Well, considering the groom's background and this crazy reporter's history, they are going to think we inhaled some gas from the meteor rocks that made us think we are in love."

"So we go with your story then." He smiled fully then, realizing that no matter the story, it was going to be unbelievable, but it was better than the truth.

"Ow, be careful!" she told the seamstress covered in pins as she felt one pinch her in the back.

"Sorry Madame, but try not to move." She asked softly, almost to herself.

That was something else she would have to get used to, whenever anyone heard the name Luthor, they ran for cover or made sure the place where you walked was covered in roses.

She sighed and looked at herself in the multi mirrored wall in front of her. The dress was simple and elegant. The ceremony was to be small, but it would have the distinct touch of a Luthor celebration, including her gown.

She was tired, and moody. Lana had decided to accompany her, and since she had no one else to share this torture with, she brought her with her to Metropolis for the gown fitting.

They hadn't believed her at first. Lana thought something was wrong with her and called Clark to help her get to the bottom of what was ailing Chloe. They went through a thousand theories, Clark visited Lex several times to make sure none of them had been exposed to anything that were making them believe what was not. A full two weeks later they realized it was for real and stopped their investigation. Lana tried to get excited over it and helping her out. Clark wasn't sure what to do.

From then on the explanations weren't as necessary anymore; it was all over the papers, so most people knew. Her editor in chief wasn't too happy about it, thinking he was going to lose his best reporter, but she managed to convince him that nothing was going to change.

"Oh Chloe, you look beautiful!" exclaimed Lana pulling her out of her thoughts.

She looked at herself in the mirror, this was the final fitting for the designer made dress, the seamstress had made the final adjustments and the image was breathless.

The dress was a strapless ivory gown. The bodice accentuated her cleavage and waist, just below her waist it flowed down to the floor in layers of soft, transparent fabric. On the left side the first two layers were picked up with a small rose that lay on her hip.

The simple elegancy of the dress added to her beauty was more than he imagined. Lex Luthor was speechless. The day had come and he laid eyes on her for the first time. He reached for her hand to lead her outside where the ceremony would take place.

"Chloe, you look great." He managed out, making sure it didn't come out as babbling.

She laughed at his veiled expression. "Yep, that's what a great dress can do for your image; I could have never imagined it." She twirled around for the full effect. Her hair was picked up, small flowers placed randomly in her hair, leaving her neck and shoulders exposed. On her neck lay a fine pearl necklace that matched her earrings.

"You know? I had never felt so unsafe in the world" she talked as they walked.

"What? Did something happen?" he worried. Getting her in his world had been risky, he knew that.

"No, its just that I feel like a walking target. If anyone wanted to get rich quick all they would have to do is kidnap me." She grinned, motioning her jewelry and dress. "Or just chop off my hand." She said as she wriggled her ring finger with a large diamond on it.

"You will have to get used to it." He smiled back "Come on; let's get this over with already." He took her arm and wrapped it around his as they walked into the garden.

Next Chapter: Honeymoon