This Lois is trying to come to terms with what she now knows and (unlike the L&C Lois) is reverting to mothering to deal with it.
This Clark is a brilliant dork. His face was smudged - not Supes. Lois is marking her territory and it doesn't really bother her if people figure out she and Clark are working things out.
In this story, most of the people at the Planet have figured out Jason belongs to Lois & Clark and Richard is already old news.
Sorry for the short segments but I've been doing my writing in hotel rooms the last week, with out my reference books.