"Is that her?" Asked a young woman in full gala attire

"Yes, quite simple looking if you ask me" Answered an older woman whose nose almost called more attention than the feathers on her head.

"He could have done so much better" Said the young woman in a dreamy tone, focusing her attention on the bald millionaire rather than on his newly acquired wife.

"Like you perhaps?" Chimed in a older girl that didn't seem to quite fit in, she was wearing black, but a little too much of it.

"Yes, why not? Not like we can count on you to uphold the family name with a good marriage" Her taunt was meant to make her sound superior, but one could almost expect her to stick out her tongue at the goth-clad woman in front of her.

"And you will?" she scoffed, "Lex Luthor has just set a trend, didn't you know? Money doesn't matter, smarts and beauty do now, and you dear sister have neither one of those." She smiled sweetly, her smile growing wider as she saw her sister turn all shades of red.

"Now calm down, we don't want to draw unwanted attention, now do we dear." Said the older woman behind gritted teeth, keeping a smile on her face.

"Even if she flipped right now and kicked me we couldn't get the attention away from them, everyone wants a bite at the new queen of Metropolis." Said the older girl, rolling her eyes at the society cliques that seemed to have gotten more talkative all of a sudden, with one subject in common: The new Mrs. Luthor

Chloe had felt it too, as soon as they had entered the room, some people came up to them to talk to Lex and some others just passed by, taking her in from head to toe. The buzz of talking rose and a queasy sensation filled her stomach. She tried to imagine she was here as a reporter, looking at people as possible stories, or clues to one.

A high piercing shriek of a voice brought her quickly back to reality

"Lexi!" A woman in a red, tight fitting dress that did nothing to hide her ample cleavage or long legs grabbed his free arm and hung tightly, completely ignoring Chloe.

"Cindy, this is my wife, Chloe Luthor, Chloe this is Cindy, in charge of The Daily Planet gossip section." He did nothing to hide his disdain, knowing full well it wouldn't do him any good. Cindy was either too stupid to know where she was not wanted, or too smart to care.

"You have got to give me an exclusive interview on your new hubby life. Our readers want to know what traits to polish for next time around." Her sweet tone did nothing to hide the malice in her comment.

Chloe noticed Lex had a dangerous look on his face, making her insides turn and sending her head into a dizzy spin. She leaned hard against him.

He noticed the extra weight and looked at his companion. She was pale and looked as if she was having a hard time standing.

"Are you okay?" He asked, half worried, half glad for the distraction.

"I just need some fresh air." She was about to say she was fine, but then realized how opportune it was to get him away from the barely dressed reporter.

Lex excused himself, leaving Cindy with a knowing look on her face.

"You do know this is going to appear on the newspapers tomorrow" Chloe said once outside, leaning against the balcony rail. She was slowly recovering color on her face, but her legs were still shaking.

"For the next couple of month we will be on the cover Chloe, is something wrong?" He asked, true concern now fully taking over.

"No, I'm fine. I guess I was just more nervous than I thought."

"So this is just now, you haven't felt under the weather lately?"

Why was he asking so many questions?

"Not much, why? Do you know something I don't?" She asked

"No, I'm just worried, that's all. We haven't seen each other much lately, maybe this had been going on for a while and I hadn't noticed." He was a good liar, so cover stories weren't hard for him. She didn't want to worry her if it wasn't necessary.

Chloe wasn't sure if she could believe him, suddenly thinking back the last couple of weeks. She had gotten a lot of headaches and felt sleepier than usual, but she had accredited that to her new life.

"Does this have anything to do with that night when we were drugged? You never did tell me what we were on and you covered your tracks so well I couldn't get that information myself." She half reprimanded him.

"So you have felt sick? Why didn't you tell me before?" He knew asking so many questions was not smart if he wanted to keep things from her, but his concern won over.

"Just headaches, nothing important. Right?" She wasn't so sure now.

"Right, just let me know when you feel sick, okay? You do live in my house; I need to know everything is in working order."

So this is what it had been all about, not having control or knowledge of what was under his roof. Why did that make her feel disappointed?

He turned to look inside the ballroom.

"We need to go in." He stated "Are you feeling better?"

She moved her legs and found that they responded, the dizzy spell was gone, but her mind was now going at a thousand per second. She nodded and let him guide her back inside.

The rest of the night was a blur, Chloe couldn't get their conversation off her mind. Regardless of his motives, his concern worried her. She had always known he kept information from that night from her, whenever she had found something about it, she would share it with him, only to find that he wasn't surprised. She would press him to let her in, but he wouldn't budge, so she stopped trying. And now this, she didn't know what to think, except there was now one more reason to pursue her investigation.

Before she knew it she was standing in the entrance of the museum with Lex, waiting for their limousine. Lex placed his hand on her back, leading her down the stairs as their car approached. One of the valets opened the door for them, she stepped in first, Lex came in and sat besides her. The door closed and the car advanced.

"Chloe, I didn't mean to worry you. I told you my life was anything but easy, this is exactly what I didn't want for you." Apparently she wasn't the only one that had kept that conversation in mind.

"Are you finally going to tell me, or are you going to leave me in the dark again? You trusted me before this, how come I suddenly no longer deserve that?"

"I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to see to what lengths my enemies can go to harm me or anyone around me." He explained. His features unchanged. "Certain aspects of my life I have hid even when we were friends."

"But now I am part of your life in one way or the other. I need to know where I stand. It was both of us on that bed, drenched in blood with that, that" she couldn't find the words to describe a doll so life like it still felt like a real body in her memory. "thing, and if something happened to me, or will happen to me because of that drug, I have the right to know."

A long silence followed. Lex was trying to decide whether to tell her or not, and if he did which parts of it.

Chloe watched his inner struggle display only slightly in the creases of his forehead.

"Do you remember anything after the bar that night?" he asked

He was going to tell her now she knew. She kept quiet, urging him on by focusing completely on him.

Suddenly the large vehicle swerved, throwing them against each other. They both fell ungracefully on the floor. The car then hit something, sending them flying against the seats behind the driver.

Lex reached for one of the doors, but before he could reach it, the locks fell in place. He desperately pulled at it.

"Lex? " she shouted, her ear against the glass. The driver's door had opened. He reached her to hear the door close again.

The glass window that separated them reared to life, opening only half an inch, a white smoke filtering in the cabin.

"What is that? Open the door" Chloe yelled, crawling the farthest she could from the smoke that was quickly filling their space.

"They're locked!" he shouted.

Her and Lex had quickly covered their mouths and noses with their clothing, trying to keep from breathing in the unknown smoke.

But it was too late.

In less than a couple of seconds the couple lay unconscious against the seats. The window closed, and the car revved back to life.

I'm Back! at least for a while, who knows how long this is going to last, je. Anyway thanks for your previous reviews! I hope youlike this one too.

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