The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

On Broadway 44th Street, which is full of elegant architectural style at the beginning of the century, traffic flows through the block, everything looks classical and avant-garde, which fits so well with the world capital where it is located——

'New York is a metropolis during the day, and Gotham [Village of Fools] at night', these two well-known nicknames with clear differences seem to imply the light and shadow of the city.

Lex Luthor walked out of the MAJESTIC Theater, and the assistant opened the door of the limousine parked on the street for him. After Lex entered the car, he continued to hand him a document, "Mr. Luthor, this is Miss Parker's recent itinerary investigation."

Luthor had just finished a decision-making meeting of the Lex Group an hour ago, and he appeared on Broadway at this time, but it was because of the private detective he hired that brought Erica's whereabouts investigation again.

Lex has always been extremely selfish and has a strong desire for control. Since Erica proposed to leave, although he has stayed in Washington for a long time to plan his campaign strategy.But everything Erica experienced in life or work was completely under his investigation.

His never-ending investigation of Erica's whereabouts didn't even begin after the two separated.

Long before this, Lex had started to spy on her, and he had been trying to control Erica. As an extremely conceited genius, Lex Luthor's mental state was almost paranoid and terrifying.

As the limousine was driving in Midtown Manhattan, Lex Luthor cast his eyes on the clear blue Hudson River pier on the west side, but what flashed in his mind was Rockaway Beach in Queens.

The beach where he and Erica first met.

To be precise, he accidentally drowned and was rescued by Erica, who worked part-time as a lifeguard during the summer vacation.

This is really a series of unexpected encounters, isn't it?

As a super rich man, Lex Luthor went to Rockaway Beach on the same day because his father, Lionel Luthor, drowned there after drinking alcohol more than ten years ago. sea ​​area.

But Lex wasn't going to the beach to pay his respects, and the drowning of his tyrannical alcoholic father was probably one of the best news he'd ever heard in his life.

Lex was born in a slum in Queens, his mother died young, and his father's brutal beatings were the biggest shadow of his childhood. Perhaps it was because of this that he formed a dark and weird character.

In the gray-blue eyeballs of Lex's slightly drooping eyes, there was a sneering smile——

His father must never have imagined that the poor, swollen-faced, blue-faced poor guy who was always beaten by abuse would single-handedly create the Lex Group with a market value of [-] billion U.S. dollars after entering the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

And it will influence the political situation in the United States and even the world in the next US general election.

But maybe even after his father went to hell, he didn't intend to let him have a smooth life——

For example, that day, when Lex Luthor was surfing at Rockaway Beach, Lex, who had always handled everything with top intelligence, was overturned by the surf without warning, accidentally drowned, and almost lost consciousness.

Erica, who was working part-time as a lifeguard at the time, took him ashore in time and effectively administered CPR to him.

Lex clearly remembered her wet blonde hair hanging on the skin of his neck, and the afternoon light filtered through the gaps in her hair and sprinkled on his eye sockets. Then, he opened his eyes and saw the dyed eyes clearly. Deep green eyes with gray tones.

Afterwards, his breathing became rapid, his pupils dilated, and his heart began to pound against his chest again, beating in a restless, stalled, almost thumping fashion.

Or maybe it has nothing to do with the so-called emotion, he is just caught in the drawbridge effect——

When human beings are in a thrilling and dangerous scene like 'walking on a dangerous suspension bridge', they will interpret the abnormal performance of heartbeat and breathing caused by the dangerous situation as favoring the opposite sex, even admiration, and confusion.

And his performance is probably just his physiological arousal in a dangerous situation after drowning.

But this is only the beginning—

Lex hadn't quite anticipated at the time that this young, not entirely bright, blond girl would have a growing influence over him over the course of a year and a half.

He tried to control her, but repeatedly let go.

Erica is not a good lover, she is difficult to give people a sense of security, as if it is possible to make other choices anytime and anywhere.

Jealous and possessive, Lex even suspected at one point that Erica was dating someone else during their relationship.And among his suspects, there are even men and women.

However, none of the private investigators he hired found any evidence that Erika had an affair with others.

Lex is extremely conceited. He has a superior IQ and can gain all power and status through conspiracy and strategy. However, when facing Erica, it is often difficult to control absolute dominance, which makes his arrogant conceit become even more paranoid.

Perhaps at first, he just wanted to challenge?But now, who can tell?

Of course he can have countless schemes to control her, even negative means of harm, after all, he has always used any means to achieve his goals.

Ke Rex found that he didn't seem to be disgusted, and even liked Erica to take the initiative.In the power struggle between men and women, her confident charm is always very charming and full of tension.

But this does not mean that Lex Luthor can accept her unreasonable request to terminate the relationship.

In fact, Lex was so frustrated by this at one point that he didn't bother to bother with the Justice League and the presidential race.

But look at her, the life of this young lady does not seem to have been affected in the slightest, but has become more exciting.

Lex's eyes were dark, and the dangerous quality of his pale features seemed to be accentuated.

He looked out of the car window at the bustling Manhattan neighborhood, and his eyes fell on the Gothic Catholic church on Fifth Avenue - St. Patrick's Cathedral.

As the seat of the Archbishop of New York, this twin-tower church is very famous in New York City, but Lex Luthor is paying attention to it at the moment, obviously it has nothing to do with religion, he has never been interested in fearing God.

What flashed in his mind was Erica's itinerary. Tomorrow morning, she would enter this Catholic church to shoot "The Godfather 3".

The cooling off period between the two of them was long enough, Lex thought.

If he continued to prevent Erica from being pushed further away, he would not bother her.This lady who has always been uncontrollable may completely forget his existence.

Obviously, Erica has clearly believed that she and Lex have officially separated in the past few months; while this unpredictable conspirator in the city government only believes that the two are in a temporary cooling-off period.

This is really a huge difference in perception.

And at the moment, Erica, who doubtless knows nothing about it, is driving to Columbia University.

Two days ago, she had returned to the undergraduate college to go through the suspension procedures, but today, she planned to enter Columbia University's School of Art and meet with the vocal music professor and dance instructor of the Department of Drama.

Naturally, for the leading actress on Broadway she just landed.

Erica only has one month to improve her singing and dancing skills, especially the requirements for singing, she really has no free time to slack off.

She needs professors from the Drama Department of Columbia University who have decades of professional teaching experience to give her top-notch professional-level artistic guidance.

Just as Erica said to Schubert, the manager of MAJESTIC Theater - she never allows things that already belong to her to be lost.

On the other side of town, Lex Luthor seems to agree with her, and he has no intention of accepting the identity of ex-boyfriend.