Ok guys something happened and my fic got lost in cyberspace somewhere. So I'm posting it again...Fiona
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His Girl Friday
Author: RuaFair (AKA Fiona)
Email: redwitchire@yahoo.co.uk
Rating: R-NC17
Dedicated to Hope….
Spoilers: Everything to date will probably be mentioned and mutated for my own needs.
Disclaimer: Smallville, its characters, all belong to someone else. (Sigh) I’m just borrowing them.
Feedback: Please, let me know what you think, the muse craves it.
Summery: Chloe wants to earn some extra cash and soon finds herself taking a job that leads too much more. Set in season two but not following the path of the episodes, but take it that events will be mentioned. Helen is around, and Lucas will make the odd appearance. Lionel is still at the house and can see, but is letting on he’s blind. Lana is living with the Sullivan’s but she and Chloe aren’t that close, her moving in was Gabe’s idea. Clark and Chloe’s friendship has been slightly strained due to her looking into his adoption, and Pete knows Clark’s secret.
Chapter One – The Grail
It lay there, taunting her. Chloe didn’t know why she tortured herself like this, unless she won the lottery she could never afford it. But still every other day she’d walk past the store and see it in the window.
“You’re drooling Chlo,” said Pete.
On reflex Chloe lifted her hand to her mouth to wipe away the imaginary drool. “Ha, ha Pete,” she said when she snapped back to reality.
“But honestly Chloe, how can you get so worked up about a computer.”
Chloe rolled her eyes, “Peter, for the millionth time, it is *not* at computer. It’s a work of art.” She allowed her gaze to once again fall on the Laptop in the window.
“You are so shallow,” he said with a grin.
“I am not shallow, $3000.00 worth of expert laptop engineering is not shallow,” she retorted. Chloe didn’t usually get like this about material things but with this she could ‘write on the run’, or at least in her mind she could. She dreamt of being able to write her stories anywhere and at any time. Yes it was expensive, but the reporter in her just fell in love with it.
“Maybe I could get a part time job,” she muttered.
“Well Lana is always looking for help at the Talon,” said Pete.
Chloe glared at him. “Ok, maybe not there,” he said. “Chloe, she’s living at your house…”
“Exactly, which means I don’t need to see her every minute of every day. I know she’s your friend as well, but have you any idea how annoying Lana Lang is. No matter what you are talking about she will, and I don’t know if it’s a ‘Wall of Weird’ mutant ability that she has, she will turn the topic of conversation towards herself. You could be lying on the ground bleeding to death and asking for help and it will turn into a conversation about her, it’s a pain in the ass.”
Pete laughed at Chloe’s rant. He loved his blonde friend he really did, but sometimes he felt like he was always acting like a buffer between her and Lana, and her and Clark.
“Whatever you say Chloe. I’m heading over to the Talon to meet Clark. Are you coming?”
“I’ll follow you over,” she said. With a nod Pete left her and made his way to his car.
After a few moments Chloe let out a big sigh and headed to get her car. As she walked to it she spotted Lex Luthor and his new *girlfriend*, Hilda or Helen or something. To Chloe they didn’t seem like boyfriend/girlfriend, they seemed more like cousins or something. ‘And how *Ew* was that thought,’ she added to herself. Lex Luthor, although she didn’t know him that well, didn’t strike her as someone who would ‘date’ a woman like what’s-her-name. Even though publicly anyway Lex was about as emotional as a brick wall, the guy was incredibly sexy and Chloe would have thought his *women* would be as well. But his latest ornament was kind of plain.
‘Right Chloe,’ she thought, ‘and you are a such a beauty queen that you can make comments like that.’
Helen was prattling on about something that had happened at the hospital when Lex’s gaze fell on Chloe. He watched, as she seemed to have an internal conversation with herself. He smirked to himself as she rolled her eyes and then smiled to herself. ‘How in the space of about ten seconds can so many emotions flit across one face?’ he thought.
“Are you listening to me Lex?” whined Helen.
“Not really,” he replied.
Helen pouted. Lex Luthor was unlike anyone she had ever met before. And sometimes she felt like he was just with her until something better came along. Like she was just a chapter in his life, and when it got to the last page he turn to the next and forget about her.
Still looking at Chloe, he caught her eye and she smiled at him. Unable to resist he smiled back. Helen looked over to see whom he was smiling at. She narrowed her eyes at the blonde. Chloe gave Lex a small wave and got into her car.
“Who is that?” she asked.
“Chloe Sullivan,” replied Lex. “She is a friend of Clark’s.”
“And is she a friend of yours?”
Lex turned his gaze to Helen. “Not really, I’ve only spoken to her a few times. I have a meeting to get to I’ll call you later.” He kissed her cheek and headed to his car.
Helen stared after him for a moment before turning in the opposite direction to head to the hospital.
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Chloe entered the Talon and looked around. Spying Clark and Lana talking at the counter, she bypassed them and headed over to Pete, grabbing a paper on the way.
“I see you managed to drag yourself away from the *computer*,” he grinned. “Be a dear and get me a latte please?” she asked.
Pete got up and headed to the counter. Chloe took out a pen and opened the paper at the job section. She needed to find something she could do after school, and weekends. And it would also have to something that wouldn’t interfere with the Torch and her mutant hunting time.
“Yeah and pay me enough to get me my laptop,” she muttered to herself.
“One latte for the lady,” said Pete, setting it down in front of her.
“Thanks Pete,” she said, taking a large gulp. “MMM, caffeine.”
“So, do you find anything interesting?” indicating to the paper.
“Well I’ve only started looking,” she replied. “But judging from my first quick scan no there is nothing interesting. Well nothing that will suit the times I could work.”
“Chloe…” began Pete.
“It’s not just money for the laptop,” she said. “I could do with some extra cash. We can’t all have a bottomless pit of billions like Lex Luthor does.”
Pete was about to answer when Chloe’s phone rang. “Hello,” she said. “Oh hi dad…I’m just on the Talon with Pete…Can I what? … Why what happened? … Oh, ok, what time? … Sure thing, see you then. Bye.”
“Damn,” she muttered when she hung up her phone.
“Everything ok?” asked Pete.
“Yeah, my dad’s car isn’t well and he wants me to pick him up from work. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Ok, bye Chlo.” “Bye.” And she hurried out of the Talon.
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“Elaine, why is the German office saying they didn’t get the fax?” asked Lex, trying to keep his temper in check.
“Oops I forgot to send them,” she replied.
‘Stupid woman,’ thought Lex. ‘Why on earth does that temp agency insist on sending me IDIOTS?’
“And what part of, “these are really urgent and have to go out immediately,” didn’t you understand?”
The young woman just shrugged her shoulders. “Get out,” said Lex. “You’re fired,” he clarified to the confused expression on her faced.
Her mouth opened and closed a few times. “NOW,” said Lex and headed out to talk to Gabe Sullivan.
Lex was mumbling to himself about why it was so difficult to get a good PA when he ran into Chloe.
“Oops,” she said as he walked into her. “Miss Sullivan,” he said surprised. “I’m sorry I didn’t see you.”
“No harm done Mr Luthor,” she said.
“Why are you here?”
“I’m picking up my dad, his car’s not well.”
As if on cue Gabe Sullivan walked around the corner. “Hey sweetie,” he said. “Mr Luthor.”
“Gabe, you need to redo those figures for Germany, that idiot ex-PA of mine *forgot* to fax them,” said Lex. “No problem,” smiled Gabe. “Honey I’ll be a few minutes,” he directed to Chloe.
“You can wait in my office if you like,” said Lex. “Ok,” she replied, and followed him.
When they entered the office and tearful woman was packing up her desk. Lex ignored her and headed into his own office, quickly followed by Chloe. “Upsetting the staff,” she quipped.
“No I fired her for complete incompetence,” he replied. “Do you know she is the fifth temp I’ve had and fired?”
Before Chloe could reply, Gabe came into the office and handed a file to Lex. “Updated figures.”
“Thank you Gabe. You can head home now sorry to have kept you.”
“Come on Chlo.”
“Bye Mr Luthor,” she said. “Bye,” he muttered.
As she and Gabe made their way to her car a thought crept into Chloe’s head. She smiled to herself.
“Ok, what’s that ‘oh it probably isn’t a good idea but what the hell I’ll give it a shot anyway’ smile for?” asked Gabe with a grin.
“Oh nothing,” she said. “Nothing at all.”
Chapter Two – The Proposition
“And another weeks ends,” muttered Chloe as she rummaged around in her locker. Grabbing the books she needed she slammed the door shut and headed to the Torch office. When she got here, Clark was sitting in her chair and Lana was parked on her desk talking to him.
“Make yourselves at home,” said Chloe.
“We didn’t think you’d mind,” said Lana, a smile on her face. “Yeah Chlo, it’s only a desk,” said Clark.
“Well I have work to do so please,…” she said, making a general gesture towards the door.
Clark stood up and Lana slipped off the desk. “Can you give me a hand at the Talon Clark,” she asked. Chloe rolled her eyes, she cold practically hear the brunette fluttering her eyelashes at him.
“Oh Chloe, Pete mentioned you were looking fore a part-time job. Well we’re always looking for extra help at the Talon.”
‘I’m going to kill Pete,’ thought Chloe. “That’s very kind of you, Lana,” she said with a fake smile plastered on her face. “But I have something else in mind.”
“Ok,” she said and left he room. “She was only being nice,” said Clark. Chloe turned to face him, “what does that mean,” she asked, a confused look on her face.
“Your tone with Lana, it wasn’t very nice.”
“Go away Clark,” said Chloe as she sat in her chair. Since she had continued to look into Clark’s adoption their friendship had been a little strained. Also Clark had overheard Chloe and her dad talking about letting Lana move in with them. He had heard some of Chloe’s les than nice comments about the ex-cheerleader. And now he tended to bring them up whenever they did manage to have a conversation.
“What?” said Clark.
“I said, ‘go away Clark,’ if we can’t have a conversation that doesn’t involve Lana then I don’t want to talk to you. I’m sorry if my *tone* doesn’t meet with your standards of how one should speak to Lana, and at this stage I don’t really care. Now I have a lot to do, so for the third time, go away Clark.” She turned her back to him and began looking through some papers on her desk.
Clark stared at Chloe’s back for a few moments before shrugging his shoulders. He left the room and when Chloe heard the door closing she took a long deep breath. Part of her wished that Clark would have stayed and tried to work things out.
“Ok Chloe,” she said to herself. “You need to get into the correct frame of mind for what you’re going to do.” She grabbed the bag of clothes she had thrown under her desk earlier and headed for the bathroom to change.
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“I heard we nearly lost the German contract,” said Lionel s he entered Lex’s office.
“Come in dad why don’t you?” muttered Lex from behind his desk. He had left the plat early to come home and get some more work done. He had hoped the relative silence of the castle would have assisted him in getting more done.
“So what have you to say for yourself?” said Lionel reaching for a chair and sitting down. He took off his glasses and stared at Lex with unseeing eyes.
“We didn’t lose the contract, it’s being signed as we speak. Get your lackeys upgraded to ones that actually have the entire story before reporting back to you.”
“How stupid you would have looked had they not signed because some incompetent PA couldn’t fax off paper you asked her too,” continued Lionel, ignoring what Lex had said.
“She is gone, the papers where sent, crisis averted. Now was there anything else dad, I am rather busy.”
“You got lucky Lex. Luck doesn’t cut it in business. You need too…”
Lex switched off as his father went on and on with his ‘how to succeed in business’ speech. Lex had heard this monologue so many times he knew the words by heart. He allowed his mind to wonder on how he was going to break his date with Helen tonight.
Lex ran a hand over his head. Things weren’t working out with Helen and she was starting to get a little clingy. She had also been dropping hints about them living together. He snapped out of his thoughts as his father’s speech finished.
“Is that it?” he asked.
‘These little speeches and tests aren’t working anymore,’ thought Lionel. ‘I need to find something else to get the fear back.’
“Don’t screw up anymore deals,” said Lionel. He left the room, his cane clicking on the floor as he walked.
“Goodbye dad, always a pleasure,” muttered Lex sarcastically; and turned his attention back to his paperwork.
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Chloe sat in her car at the gates. She checked her watch; she had been there twenty minutes. “This seemed like a good idea a couple of days ago,” she said to herself. “In fact this sounded like a Chloe Sullivan prize winning good idea. But now that I’m here it’s beginning to look like a really bad idea. And I have *got* to stop talking to myself, it can’t be healthy.”
She took a deep breath and stared at the imposing structure that was the Luthor castle. “For goodness sake Chloe, you’ve stood up to meteor mutants, you can talk to Lex Luthor.” That decided she started the engine and headed up the long driveway.
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“Mr Luthor.”
“What is it?” said Lex, not looking up from his computer screen.
“Mr Luthor, there is a Chloe Sullivan asking too see you.”
This time Lex lifted his gaze to the housekeeper. “Did she say what she wanted?” he asked, wondering what on earth she was doing here.
“She didn’t. I told here you were busy and not to be disturbed, but she was quite insistent.”
Lex smirked. ‘That’s Chloe Sullivan for you,’ he thought. “Show her in," he said to the housekeeper. “Now please,” he added when the woman didn’t move. “I am destined to have staff that will never listen to me.’
The woman left and a few minutes later she appeared again with Chloe in tow. The older woman left, closing the door to Lex’s office behind her. Lex looked the blonde reporter up and down, taking in her un-Chloe like outfit. She was dress in a suit and looked very professional. She wore a knee length olive green skirt, with a matching jacket and a cream shirt underneath. ‘She looks good,’ he thought. Chloe fought the urge to fidget as Lex stared at her.
“You wanted to se me Miss Sullivan,” he aid, indicating for her to sit down. She hesitated for a moment before taking the offered seat.
“I’m sorry to disturb you Mr Luthor, your housekeeper said you were busy and normally I would of just left. But if I didn’t actually say what I came over to say I would have never said it.”
Lex watched with a bemused expression as the words spilled from her mouth. “How much coffee have you had?”
“Just three cups, but that’s not important. Mr Luthor I have a proposition for you.”
Lex just about kept the look of surprise off his face, “and what kind of proposition would this be?” he asked with a smirk.
Chloe took a deep breath. “You need a PA and I need a job. I’m good with computers; I’m far from stupid and I think I could help you. Now I wouldn’t be able to work full time with school and such, but weekends are fine as are some evening, it’s not like I have a social life or anything, although you do. Anyway after next week school will be closed for three weeks and I could do more hours then. So what do you think?”
“How did you get that out in one breath?” asked an impressed Lex.
“It’s a gift,” she replied, “so what do you think?”
“You want to work for me?”
“That was the point of the conversation.”
“Why?”
“I need the money,” she said honestly.
“Hence the deal with the devil,” he smirked.
“Is that a yes or a no in Luthor speak.”
“Not quite the attitude I look for in a PA,” he teased.
“Yeah well neither are brains if the last one is anything to go by. My dad told me about her aversion to fax machines,” she clarified for him.
Lex pursed his lips and looked at Chloe. Yes she was intelligent, but she was also stubborn, curious, a reporter, she wasn’t afraid of him nor did she have any problem answering him back. ‘And she looks very sexy in that suit,’ he thought.
Lex smirked, “ok you have the job, on a temporary basis first. You can’t do any worse than the others.”
“Really,” she said.
“Really Miss Sullivan.” He stood up and held out his hand. “I look forward to you working for me.”
Chloe stood and shook his hand, and Lex wondered what he was letting himself in for.
Chapter Three – Rules and Conditions
When Chloe got back home from Lex’s it took her almost two hours to convince her dad that it was a good idea, her working for his boss. She was grateful that Lana was still at the Talon; she couldn’t have handled Lana Lang giving her two cents worth. Gabe couldn’t understand why she would want to work for Lex Luthor. Chloe explained to him about the laptop and her general need for extra cash. She said he worked hard and she wanted to start pulling her weight around the place, she always threw in a ‘daddy’ now and then. A lengthy speech about her wanting some independence intermitted with her saying she needed his trust eventually swayed Gabe.
“I am still not completely happy about it Chloe,” he had said. “And if your grades start suffering because of it you will quit immediately. Also you are not to be working tool ate in the evenings and neither are you to waste all of your weekends working. You are young, you should be enjoying yourself.”
Chloe agreed to these conditions if her dad promised not to go all ‘dad-like’ with Lex. Gabe said he would just mention that he was not to take advantage of his daughter and just because she was in high school he was still to pay her what the job was worth.
Elder and younger Sullivan came to an agreement and the moment was celebrated over one of Gabe Sullivan’s infamous pizzas. When Lana got home from the Talon she found Chloe and Gabe laughing in the sitting room. Knowing things were a little weird between her and Chloe she decided not to disturb them and headed to her room.
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Lex hung up the phone and allowed a smile to grace his features. He had guessed Chloe had comer to see him without saying anything to her father. And after securing the *job* she then told her father what she had done.
Nothing Gabe said surprised him. He knew that Chloe’s schoolwork was more important. Lex had assured Gabe that this arrangement was on a temporary basis and that she would be paid the going rate. He also assured the older man that he wouldn’t take advantage of Chloe. Lex had laughed out loud when Gabe told him that he wasn’t to let his daughter boss him around or answer him back.
Lex didn’t think Chloe would last long, in fact he had only agreed to the idea because he needed someone. When a suitable replacement could be found he would let Chloe go. He also hadn’t told Lionel of his latest member of staff. His father would only go off on one of his tirades about Lex’s complete lack of business sense. Also if Lionel knew that Chloe was a reporter, albeit for a high school paper, the senior Luthor would probably have a coronary. ‘Actually that might not be such a bad idea,’ he thought with a smirk.
He figured it must have taken a lot of nerve on Chloe’s part to come and ask him for the job, although she disguised it as a proposition. Granted three cups of coffee no doubted helped her bravery. He didn’t know Chloe Sullivan that well, but her quick mind and theories surrounding the meteors impressed him. And if she continued to wear outfits like she had word yesterday he’d be more than happy to keep her around for a while.
The sound of his phone ringing jarred Lex from his thoughts of how Chloe Sullivan looked in a suit.
“Lex,” he said as way of an answer. He managed to prevent the groan escaping his lips when he heard Helen’s voice. Her glanced at the clock, in an hour Chloe would be arriving for her first day and he had stuff to do. The sooner he got rid of Helen off the phone the better.
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Chloe flew through what homework she had and even managed to finish her editorial. She was now standing in front of the full-length mirror in her room, trying to decide if she looked ok. She had felt Lex’s eyes run over her yesterday evening as he took in what she had worn. So she had decided to go with the suit option again. Her only problem being that she didn’t have many suits. She had somehow found a pair of black pants at the back of her wardrobe and added to it a red sleeveless shirt. She also had a black jacket, and while it didn’t match the pants perfectly, if looked professional enough as long as no one examined it in great detail.
“Well it’s a good as it gets,” she muttered and grabbed her bag. She could hear the shower running indicating that Lana was up. She ran down the stairs and grabbed the cup of coffee left for her. Hi dad, bye dad,” she said, breezing past him.
“Good luck sweetie,” he shouted after her. “Thanks,” she shouted back, before slamming the door shut. Less than a minute later she came running back in. “Car keys,” she muttered, grabbing them off the counter and running out again, her dad’s laughter ringing in her ears.
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“Mr Luthor,” said the housekeeper, “Chloe Sullivan is here.”
“Very well, you can send her in.” Lex glanced at his watch. ‘She’s punctual,’ he thought.
He heard Chloe mutter a thank you to the housekeeper. When he heard the door to his office closing he lifted his head to look at her.
“Morning,” she said brightly, a large smile on her face. Lex couldn’t help but smile back. “Good morning Miss Sullivan, please have a seat.”
Chloe sat down in the chair and faced Lex. “Now before I let you get down to work,” began Lex, “there are a few *conditions* I want to explain to you first.”
“Conditions,” repeated Chloe, “is that just Lex Luthor’s fancy word for *rules*?”
“Rules, condition, call them whatever you want,” he smirked, “But if you are to work for me they have to be adhered too.”
“First and foremost anything you see in regard to contracts and Lex-Corp business are *not* to appear in the Torch or any other newspaper for that matter. You work for me and while that is the case you are not a reporter. Also when this employment terminates you will still not be reporting on Lex-Corp business, or you will find yourself at the end of a lawsuit. Is that understood Miss Sullivan?”
“I suppose,” muttered Chloe, not at all happy about having to curb her reporting nature. ‘I’ll find some way around it,’ she added to herself.
“While you are in the mansion you will use that area over there.” Chloe looked over to where he was pointing. There was a small desk with a computer and a phone on it, with a small filing cabinet beside it. A large pile of papers sat on the desk. “When you are at the plant you will use the desk outside my office. Ok?”
“Ok,” she nodded.
“Is there something in particular you need the money for?” he asked.
“Is that a *condition* Mr Luthor?”
“No just curiosity on my part. Oh one other condition, call me Lex.”
“Ok, one condition of my own, call me Chloe,” she said with a grin.
“Very well Chloe, are you ready to start?” he asked, standing up and walking around his desk to her. “I sure am,” she replied, following him over to the small desk in the corner.
“These,” indicating to the stack of paper, “are contacts being renewed. I‘ve marked in them numerous changes that need to be made. They need to be typed and printed off with those changes.” He turned away and headed back to his own desk.
Chloe took a deep breath and sat down. She switched on the computer, put her bag under the desk and took the first handful of pages off the top of the pile.
She stole a quick glance at Lex and saw him staring in concentration sat his computer screen. She saw him reach for a coffee cup to his left and grimace when he saw it was empty. Chloe quickly turned her attention back to her work when she saw his head turn in her direction.
“I have one other condition Lex,” she said, not looking at him. “You make your own coffee, unless I’m getting one for myself.”
Lex laughed softly and got up to get his refill. With a smile to herself Chloe got stuck into the task at hand.
Chapter Four – The First Day
Chloe lifted her arms over her head and stretched. She closed her eyes and arched her back and she tried to get her muscles to wake up. Lex glanced at her when he heard the soft moan and managed to bite back a moan of his own. He watched as Chloe’s shirt rode up, exposing her stomach and he allowed his gaze to move up to her chest, his eyes lingered on her breasts for a moment and then moved his gaze to her face. With a sigh Chloe lowered her arms and opened her eyes. She blushed slightly when she locked eyes with Lex. “Sorry,” she muttered, “I just got a little stiff sitting in the same position.”
Lex smiled gently back at her; “it’s ok. Why don’t you take a break? Go out and stretch your legs or something.”
“Do you ever take a break?” she asked.
“Not usually,” he replied. “But that doesn’t mean you can’t.”
“Tell you what Lex, you take a break as well and I’ll even make you a coffee.”
“Jeez with an offer like that how can I possibly refuse,” he replied with a smirk. He got up from his desk and pulled his jacket on. “Come on then Miss Sullivan, let’s stretch our legs.”
Chloe grinned and threw on her own jacket. She saved the latest document she was working on and crossed the room to him. “As for the coffee,” he said as the exited the room; “there are others around here that look after that.”
“So why take a break then?”
“Well Chloe, I can’t have you snooping around the house now can I?”
“Don’t flatter yourself,” she mumbled, “you are *not* that interesting Lex Luthor.” She glared at him for a moment before adding, “anyway the last time I went wandering around your house I ended up taking a dive out a window.” A whisper of guilt covered Lex’s face and he worked to cover it up. His mind was suddenly filled with the sight of Chloe lying all bruised and broken in the hospital bed.
“Hey,” she said, laying a small hand on his arm, “I didn’t mean anything by that.”
Lex looked down at her hand and then into her face. “It’s fine,” he said, his usual Luthor face firmly back in place, and he continued walking. Chloe stared at his back for a moment before sighing and hurrying after him.
“Is your father still in Smallville?” she asked after they had walked in silence for a while. Lex opened the front door and they stepped out into the afternoon sun. “He is in Metropolis today and tomorrow, but will be back.” ‘Unfortunately,’ he added to himself.
‘Ok now his mood is officially pissed,’ thought Chloe. ‘Maybe I should just keep my mouth shut for the time being. Well at least till I know what to say and what not to say to Lex. But then again it’s not in my nature to keep quiet, I can’t help myself, I *need* to ask questions. Ok I’m doing it again, I’m having a conversation with myself and oops Lex is looking at me funny.’
Lex watched as a number of emotions danced across Chloe’s face, as she seemed to be having an internal conversation with herself. “Have you come to a decision?” he asked with a smirk. “With the conversation you were having,” he added when she looked at him confused.
“Come on you can’t tell me that even the great Lex Luthor doesn’t have the odd internal monologue,” she said. “Or do you hire people to do that for you?”
“This may come as a surprise to you Chloe, but there are some things that I actually do myself,” he replied.
“Like what? Dress yourself,” she retorted.
“No I have a nubile young woman hidden away in my bedroom for that,” he replied seriously, his voice low, “she also looks after all my bathing needs.”
‘Do not blush, do NOT blush,’ ran like a mantra trough Chloe’s mind as she vainly fought to keep pictures of helping Lex into his boxers from her mind.
“Good thing I didn’t apply for that job,” she muttered. Lex heard what she had said and laughed. He leaned closer to her and whispered, “I don’t know Chloe, that job pays the best.”
“Yes…well…oh look at the time I should get back and finish those contracts.” She turned and headed back into the house. Lex smiled to himself and followed her.
When they got back to his office a tray of coffee had been left on the table. Chloe headed over to it and poured a cup for herself and Lex. “See told you I’d make coffee for you,” she said with a grin as she handed a cup to him. “Thanks,” he said sarcastically and headed to his own desk. Chloe went over too her own and tackled her paper work again.
A few hours ticked by and Chloe couldn’t find anything of interest in the contracts, they were all about standing orders the companies had with Lex-Corp and even Chloe’s inquisitive nature couldn’t get excited about how much fertiliser each one got.
She had also done a search on what was already on the computer she was using but again found nothing of interest. Lex had either had the machine wiped before giving it to her to use or there was never anything on it to start with. She liked to think the reason was the former and that Lex was worried about her reporting skills.
“I don’t care what they say, the terms of the contract are very specific,” she heard Lex say. She glanced up to see him on the phone. “They can’t change it now just because it doesn’t suit them. Why didn’t they bring this up during the negotiations?”
“I don’t fucking believe this,” she heard him say after a moment. “Ok, leave it with me, I’ll call you back.” He slammed the phone down and Chloe returned her gaze to her own work. She could hear him pacing up and down muttering to himself.
‘Damn it,’ thought Lex. ‘Dad will have fun with this if the contact isn’t signed.’ He glanced over at Chloe; even though she was concentrating on her computer screen, Lex knew she was listening to what was going on. He made his way over to her, “have you finished the Griffin contact?” he asked.
“Yeah I think so,” she said. She stood up, leaned forward and began rummaging through the pile she had finished and printed off. As hard as he tried Lex couldn’t help but look down her shirt, the top button had somehow managed to come undone and he could see the lacy outline of her bra, it was red like her shirt. “Here is it,” she said, looking at him. Lex brought his eyes back to her face. “Thank you,” he muttered as he took it from her. He began reading it as he walked over to his desk.
Chloe glanced down and saw what Lex had been staring it. She blushed and quickly closed the button, ‘he was looking down my shirt,’ she thought. ‘Lex Luthor was being a guy.’ She didn’t know why that surprised her, he was a man after all, but somehow it didn’t seem like him to do something like that. ‘Well done Chloe, your first day and you give your boss an eyeful.’
She glanced up and saw that Lex was still reading the contact. “I’m just going to the bathroom,” she murmured and left the room.
Lex breathed a sigh of relief when she as gone. ‘Jesus it’s like a bad porn movie,’ he thought. ‘Boss looking down secretary’s shirt, and 10 seconds they are naked and sweaty on the desk.’ He groaned as he pictured himself and Chloe naked and sweaty on his desk. ‘For goodness sake Lex, she’s a teenager, so being so immature. You never had thoughts of getting naked and sweaty on your desk with Helen. Ok contracts, Germans causing trouble.’ He tried to fill his mind with non-erotic thoughts. He picked up his phone to make a call.
When Chloe came back into the room Lex was deep in a phone conversation, she caught snippets of the conversation, but it didn’t seem that interesting so she ignored it.
“There that should keep them happy,” he muttered a while later putting down the phone. “Chloe if you want to get something to eat just let the kitchen now and they’ll make it for you.”
“Ok thanks,” she replied and as if on cue her stomach rumbled.
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After getting something to eat the rest of the afternoon passed in relative silence and it was killing Chloe. She wasn’t use to being quiet for so long, but Lex didn’t strike her as someone she could chat away to while they worked. Anyway when she was around him, her reporter sense tingled and all she wanted to do was ask questions about Lex-Corp. Although after catching him staring down her shirt, other parts had began to tingle.
She rubbed her eyes and stifled a yawn. Lex heard her and glanced at his watch 4.00pm it said. “Why don’t you call it a day Chloe? You’ve got a lot done.”
“I wanted to get these finished,” she said, pointing to the last few contacts remaining.
“If you can, come in tomorrow for a few hours to finish them,” he said.
“Oh ok.” She shut down her computer and tidied up her desk. She pulled on her jacket, grabbed her bag and headed over to Lex. “So how was day one?” he asked with a smile.
“I think it went ok,” she replied. “So do I,” he said, “thanks for your help.”
“No problem, see you tomorrow Lex.”
“See you tomorrow Chloe.” And with that she left the office and made her way out of the house to her car, a smile on her face. Lex watched from his window as she drove off. He wondered how long she would be able to last without trying to dig up some information to satisfy the reporter in her. ‘I’ll have to make sure she’s kept busy,’ he thought and then groaned and their *porn movie* played in his mind as a way to keep her busy.
“Get back to work Lex,” he mumbled and sat down at his desk again.
Chapter Five – The Loophole
Chloe didn’t head straight home after leaving Lex’s; instead she headed to the Talon for an injection of caffeine. Also she needed to get her mind off of fertiliser contracts, although thoughts of Lex staring down her shirt didn’t seem to bother her anymore. ‘Maybe it was just a one off thing,’ she thought. But an evil voice in the back of her mind was egging her to wear a more revealing top tomorrow just to see what the reaction would be.
“Hey Chloe haven’t seen you all day,” said Lana as she approached the counter.
“Yeah I’ve been kind of busy,” she replied. “Can I get a cappuccino please?”
“Sure thing,” said the brunette turning to fill Chloe’s order.
“Hey Chlo,” said Pete coming up beside her, “how’s the job hunting going?”
Chloe bit her lip, trying to decide if she should tell him about her job, considering Pete’s hatred of all things Luthor.
“Here’s your cappuccino,” said Lana, placing it on the counter. “Yeah your dad said you had got a part time job, but he didn’t say where. He mentioned something about leaving you to tell all.”
‘Thanks dad,’ she thought. “Oh it’s nothing that exciting,” she replied. “Just a little admin work at the weekends and a few hours in the evening on week days. There will probably be more hours when school closes for the break.” She sipped on her coffee.
“Where?” asked Pete.
“Oh just around,” she replied vaguely.
“Come on Chlo, why all the secrecy?” asked Pete, “it’s not like you’re working for Lex Luthor.”
The colour drained from Chloe’s face and she nearly choked on her coffee. “Please Chloe tell me you are NOT working for him,” said Pete with a note of pleading in his voice.
“It’s just on a temporary basis till I get the money that I need,” she said.
“Why him of all people?” said Pete, anger creeping into his voice.
Chloe couldn’t help but roll her eyes, she loved Pete she really did but he didn’t half piss her off with his campaign to hate Lex Luthor. ‘He and Mr Kent should start a club,’ she thought.
“Pete, I don’t have to justify myself to you,” she said, anger now getting the better of her. “Because of school etc, Lex was the best option he agreed to my hours.”
“Oh it’s Lex now,” said Pete with sneer.
“Oh for goodness sake grow up Pete,” said an exasperated Chloe. She grabbed her coffee, nodded a goodbye to Lana and left the Talon. She got into her car and headed for home, not looking back once.
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“You can’t be still working,” announced Helen as she walked into Lex’s office.
‘Great,’ he thought. “Not really, I’m just finishing up some things,” he replied.
“Good, so are we going out tonight, seeing as how you couldn’t make it yesterday?” she asked. She moved over to him and kissed him gently. She went to kiss him again and Lex stood up, “I can’t Helen.”
“Why?” she pouted.
“That’s not your concern,” he replied. “It’s business.”
Helen placed her hands on Lex’s desk and leaned over. Lex suddenly found himself thinking of how Chloe looked leaning over, her shirt open, that red lacy bra peeking out. Helen smiled to herself as she saw the beginnings of lust flare in Lex’s eyes. “Or we could just stay here,” she said as she pressed up against him.
He looked down at her, “we could,” he said with a smirk. “Let me get the cook to make something I’m starving.” And he moved away from her towards the door. “Aren’t you hungry Helen?”
‘Not for food,’ she thought. With a sigh she followed him out the door.
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NEXT DAY
Chloe stood in front of her mirror clad in just a long black skirt and a bra. In her hand she held two tops while her bed was a sea of many others.
Despite the little devil on her shoulder telling her to wear something revealing Chloe wasn’t so sure it was a good idea. “This is Lex Luthor,” she murmured, “he probably has a degree in flirting.”
She turned to her bed and closed her eyes. She reached out and rummaged through the pile, “whatever I pick I wear,” she said. She grabbed a top and opened her eyes. She pulled it on and grabbed her stuff to head to Lex’s.
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Lex smiled to himself as the contract came back from Germany all signed. It had taken a bit more negotiation on his part but he managed to get them to sign. “At least Lionel will be happy,” he muttered.
“Hey Lex.” He turned around to see Chloe entering the office.
“Afternoon Chloe,” he replied.
She headed to *her* desk and switched on the computer. “As soon as you get the rest of those contracts done you can head home,” he said.
“I don’t mind staying if you have other things that you want me to do,” she replied.
“We’ll see,” he replied with a smirk. He sat down at his own desk, and a few seconds later was grateful that he did. Chloe had slipped her jacket off and was wearing a very low cut orange top and gave a tantalising view of the tops of her breasts. He covered up a groan with a cough. Chloe glanced over at him when he coughed and saw his eyes move quickly from her chest to her face. “Are you ok?” she asked.
Lex nodded and drank some water.
‘Oh yeah,’ she thought, ‘he was definitely staring. There must have been some higher power at work when I picked this top.’ With a sly smile to herself she set about with her work.
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“No I can’t make it out,” she muttered. Picking up the contact she headed over to Lex. “Have you got a minute?” she asked. “Sure, what it is?” he replied.
“I can’t make this out,” she said, rounding the desk and standing beside him. She placed the paper in front of him and leaned down. “I can’t read your writing here,” she said pointing at the sentence he had written.
Scenes from the personal porn-movie involving the two of them that Lex had dreamt up last night ran through his mind. And using every ounce of the famous Luthor control he had he kept his gaze on the paper in front of him.
As Lex studied the page Chloe glanced around his desk. When she brought her gaze back to Lex he was looking at her. “Sorry about that Chloe, it says the terms have changed to 45 days.”
“And I thought my writing was bad,” she laughed. She reached across Lex and grabbed a pen and wrote on the page ’45 days’. When she lifted her head to look at Lex she noticed their faces where very close. “Was that all Miss Sullivan?” he asked softly.
She was about to reply when the door opened and Helen walked in. Helen narrowed her eyes when she saw the small blonde woman leaning over Lex. “I thought I could drag you away for some lunch,” she said, approaching the desk.
“Thanks Lex,” said Chloe with a smile and took the paper from his desk. She glanced briefly at Helen and then returned to her own desk.
Chloe could hear the pair muttered to each other, she could also see the woman starting to lose her patience. “Fine,” snapped Helen, and stormed out, glaring at Chloe as she did. She watched as Lex ran a hand over his head and followed the brunette out the door.
‘Interesting,’ thought Chloe. She got up and headed over to the window and could see them talking. Chloe turned her attention back to Lex’s desk and had a look around it. She saw a pile of files and she glanced to see if Lex was still outside. Seeing that he was she picked up the first one, she didn’t know what it was about but *Luthor-Corp* was all over it. She glanced out the window again and saw the Helen was driving off; she quickly replaced the files and hurried over to her desk.
Lex stormed in to the office and Chloe could tell by his body language that he was pissed.
As she tried to concentrate on what she was doing her mind kept drifting back to the Luthor-Corp files on Lex’s desk. ‘MMM,’ she thought, ‘Lex’s condition was that I wasn’t to go snooping into Lex-Corp business, he never said *anything* about Luthor-Corp though.’ Feeling happy that she might get a story after all Chloe set about getting her work finished quickly.
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