Chapter four
Lex looked at the pictures again he couldn't believe that Chloe was already going on with another guy. He knew that he should have never of had that tape that was what caused the whole problem that and Lana. Things had been working out great until that night.
Lex had been downstairs with Lana talking to her trying to get her to go away so he could take Chloe out for dinner. But she kept talking and wouldn't stop. He found it annoying that she always showed up at the wrong times. He had left a tape in his room that no one was supposed to see and he didn't want Chloe to look at it. He knew she wouldn't understand.
"Look Lana I really have to go now." Lex told her as he was trying to gather up his things trying to nicely push her out the door.
"But Lex you promised that we could talk about this tonight." Lana told him her eyes were pleading him to stay.
"No I never promised I said that I would call you when I had time. Right now I don't have any time I'm sorry but I have plans I am sure I can help you with this tomorrow." Lex wanted to go upstairs clean up all of his work and go out with Chloe.
"Lex you have been putting this off for weeks and I need to get it done." She looked at him again with her pleading eyes.
"Tomorrow Lana okay?" Lex needed Lana to leave he didn't like her in his house he always felt like she was trying to push him away from Chloe.
"Lex I need this done." Lana kept persisting
"It can wait alright I have dinner plans and I think it is time for you to go." Lex looked at her he wanted nothing more than to roll his eyes at the girl. He found it easy to put up with Lana most of the time but tonight he found her completely annoying.
"Whatever Lex just so you can go spend the night with Chloe." Lana looked at him annoyed. Then she turned on her heel and left the room.
'Finally' Lex thought as he rushed up the stairs.
Chloe had known that Lana was downstairs it never took Lex this long to get upstairs except when she came. She found it hard to stay upstairs when Lana was down with Lex she could feel the rage of jealousy. She had always found Lana to be more beautiful than she was. All the guys always loved her and sometimes she would let her mind wander over what Lana and Lex were doing for long periods of time. She always told herself that Lex loved her and that he would never cheat on her. But would he? Would he find someone else and think he was in love with them and not Chloe? She didn't want to think about it she knew she had to trust him and most of the time she did but sometimes she didn't. When it came to his work he never wanted to talk to her about it. She didn't know if it was because she was a journalist and he thought that she would expose him. But he must know that Chloe would never print a story about Lex or Luthor Corp without his permission. He had to trust her too and Chloe didn't know if he did at least not completely.
Chloe had wandered over to Lex's nightstand. She was already dressed for the night in the dress that Lex and she had picked out together. She opened his drawer not exactly sure what she was looking for or if she thought that she was even going to find anything. When she opened up the drawer there was a tape inside. She didn't know if she should watch it or just leave it there after all it was Lex's. But why hadn't he told her about it? Chloe took the tape and put it in the VCR she pressed play and watched as the horrifying images came on the screen and one had made her cry. That was the third time she had second thoughts about marrying Lex. They hadn't set a date because Chloe was still not sure that if she was making the right choice in marrying Lex. She knew she loved him but was that enough when she didn't trust him with other women. When she didn't trust him with what he was doing with his work and now this. Was this tape really real could Lex do the terrible things she saw on it?
She heard Lex's footsteps rushing up the stairs and at that moment she wanted him to find out that she had saw the tape she wanted him to tell her the truth this time. He came into the doorway and looked at Chloe. Immediately he could see the tears in her eyes.
"Chloe what's wrong?" Lex looked at her his heart sank some he hated seeing her cry.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Chloe looked at him trying to keep a strong face.
"Tell you about what? Lana needing my help?" Lex didn't understand he wanted to make whatever had made Chloe upset go away.
"No what you were really doing at work." Chloe pressed the eject button on the VCR and starred at Lex as she threw it to him.
Lex knew what it was and emotions were going through him. Anger, guilt, and sadness he knew what she had seen for he had seen it too and he wanted to make it better he wanted to tell her something that would take it away. He also wanted to yell at her she had no right to touch his things.
"Chloe this..." Lex didn't know what else to say
"This isn't what it looks like? Like when you were so close to Lana that you could have kissed or like when you close your laptop whenever I come behind you and give you a massage? I am sick of that answer Lex. I want a real answer I want the truth this time not some story you make up right when I catch you." Chloe looked at him her eyes wanted to cry more she knew that this had to be the last straw that she couldn't be here anymore with a man she didn't trust.
"It's called level 33.1. Meteor freaks go there so Luthor Corp can test them." Lex looked at her it wasn't the whole truth but it was part of it.
"So what you can just expose them to the rest of the world and treat them like dirt. I saw her Lex I saw my mother. What gives you the right to hurt her or any of them like that? What gives you the right to kill that man?" Chloe hated this she hated the thought that she had been with a murderer and she wanted to leave the room she felt sick and she just wanted to leave.
"I never treated them like dirt or expose them and your mother wasn't part of the plan." Lex knew Chloe wouldn't understand he knew that she wouldn't listen once she saw her mother on that tape.
"What about the man you killed?" Chloe had tears coming down her cheeks now just knowing what she was going to do hurt her.
"He attacked me Chloe I was just defending myself." He looked at her he didn't want her to cry anymore he tried to brush her tears away but she pushed him away.
"So you have the right to kill him?" Chloe just looked at him then she went into her closet and got out her traveling suitcase and started packing clothes.
"What are you doing?" He didn't want her to leave he wanted to make her stay but he knew he couldn't.
"This isn't working anymore Lex I just can't. I'm sorry." Chloe zipped up the suitcase and she looked at him.
"Chloe don't leave please just don't go." His heart was breaking and she hadn't even gone yet.
"I am sorry Lex." Chloe pulled the engagement ring off her finger and she placed it in Lex's hand. She had her suitcase and she brushed her lips against his cheek as she started to leave.
"Don't you love me?" Lex turned and looked at her.
"Of course I love you. I just don't love this side of you." Chloe looked at him and then she started to leave again.
"Chloe please don't leave." Lex trailed after her he wanted to reach out and grab her but he knew that he might hurt her if he did that.
"I have to go Lex." Chloe wanted to run away from him she knew he was angry and she didn't want him to do something stupid.
"Where are you going to go?" He wanted her to stay here he didn't want her to leave.
"With Lois alright." Chloe had made her way downstairs and she could still feel Lex following her.
"No Chloe it isn't alright we have made a life together and now you just want to throw it all away?"
"Lex this isn't permanent I just need some space okay?" Chloe looked at him she didn't like the person he was becoming and she didn't like the way he kept things from her.
"I understand." Lex stopped and watched as Chloe left the mansion and he didn't stop her.
He knew it was his fault she left if he had been more trustworthy. If he hadn't met with Lana at all then Chloe would still be his. It had turned out to be a permanent situation and Chloe hadn't told him that instead she had moved away. He hated that and he knew he couldn't have people following her all the time. So for ten months he had no one check up on her. Then he found out she liked going to a club so he hired a photographer to take some pictures of Chloe. He had left her alone and now he wanted nothing more than to get her back.