There was a knock on his office door, and Lex just had enough time to switch off his surveillance of Lois’s desk, before Arianna entered.
that Ariana did not barge in faster. Not that she would be likely to do anything about it, but still.
“Ari, I’m sorry to keep you waiting. I had a scheduled conference call I had to take,”
Proving again that Lex always lies.
Arianna slipped her hand into his and squeezed it.
Why does Ariana feel any attraction to Lex. This I never really understood.
“That’s okay, Lex, I know you’re a busy man,” she said,
Does she mean with the female subjects in his L.U.X.?
She had consistently refused to be delegated to that realm of his life;
It took me three readings to realize this was saying she sat away from the desk.
She always considered herself somewhat more important to Lex than her title of ex-wife allowed her, and she would be right.
The odd attraction is mutual? This is intriguing.
He wished he could say it had only been for her father’s huge fortune,
So he married her for her money.
which became theirs after his sudden death during their honeymoon, that Lex had proposed to Arianna.
So he offed his father-in-law. Why am I not surprised? One more person to the body count.
