Lena's eyebrows furrow as she thinks of an answer, [unknown(Lena): You gave me your number the day we assisted Supergirl with the Daxamite crisis.] His eyes narrow as he remembers working with Lena but, not giving her his phone number because he never did. [Winn: If I may ask why do you want to meet me for lunch?] Truth is that she asked her assistant Jess to look up Winn's number but, he doesn't need to know that.
Lena rolls her eyes at his response because apparently, people don't trust her enough to have lunch with her. [unknown(Lena): I will like, to personally make you a proposition if you don't mind.] Winn's eyes widened in surprise, [Winn: Yea I guess I can meet you there for lunch.] As Winn gathers his things to leave he is overwhelmed with nerves.
"A-Alex, I-I'm so sorry I didn't see you standing there." Alex stares at him wearily as she is trying to figure out why Winn is so nervous, "Hey, Winn are you alright you seem very nervous today and a lot clumsier than usually." Winn lets out a gasp pretending Alex words have offended him, to shake off his nerves. "I- I'm not nervous nor, am I clumsy for your information and I'm fine thank you very." He takes a deep breath knowing that he is nervous because of his lunch with Lena.
Twenty minutes later Winn arrives at the restaurant where he had agreed to meet Lena and as soon as he walks in a waitress approaches. "Good afternoon sir do you have a reservation?" She asks him with a polite smile. "I umm," Winn is saying as he spots Lena who is wearing a red dress, black stilettos and her hair is neatly tight back. Hence, she looks impeccable like always. "I'm with Mrs. Luthor," he says before heading to where Lena is sitting down.
"h-hey" Winn say's nervously looking at Lena who by judging at the half empty glass of red wine she had arrived a while ago. He clears his throat, "I'm here like you ask, I mean like we agreed to." He proceeds to say with a shaky voice as he sits across her while she looks at him with a smile as she raises an eyebrow. "Tell me something, Mr. Schott, am I that intimidating to make you so nervous," she says in a teasingly way to hide her nerves from him.
Lena's question makes Winn turn red of embarrassment as he cannot control his ridiculous nerves. "No, no, n," he says with a pitching voice when the waitress interrupts him. "What can I get for you today," she says with a small smile. "I'll have a plate of ravioli and a glass of red wine," Lena says without looking at the menu. "And I'll have a pizza with a beer please," Winn says as he closes the menu and turns to face Lena as the waitress walks away.
"Call me Winn please, and no, however, you did not ask me here to discuss whether if you are intimidating or not." She smiles at Winn response and takes a moment before addressing him to calm her nerves once more. "Indeed, you are right I did not ask you here to discuss if I'm intimidating or not rather, to offer you the position of CEO of L-Cor-." Winn abruptly interrupts her before she could finish as he chokes on the Pizza not believing the words that are coming out of Lena Luthor's mouth. Lena brings her glass of wine to her mouth to swallow the pain that her words left her palate. While giving Winn some time to recover from his shock. "what did you just say," he says gasping for air as he is slightly still choking on the pizza. Lena clears her throat before continuing and puts her hands on the table.
"Well, you see Mr. S - Winn I... I am stepping down as CEO of my company. As I'm bound to leave the corporation will need a good...CEO that will put its resource to good use." Clearing her throat once more as to alleviate the cuts her words are leaving her before continuing. "that's the reason why I'm offering you the position because of your good values and morals as you fight along side Supergirl as well as agent Danvers to ensure everyone's safety. You are also a hardworking man who went from being an IT guy to working with the FBI thereby, making you more than qualified for the position. Without mentioning that you will have the salary of a CEO and you will work on the things you like. As CEO you will be able to work with whoever you want to including the FBI. There is no doubt in me that you will put the L-Corp resource to good use." As Lena finish talking she grabs her glass of wine and empties it.
Winn sits still as he lets the shocking information sink in and then he asks Lena a simple question. "Why are you leaving?" He says incredulously. Lena straightens her posture giving herself time to come up with an answer. "It's not my intention to sound arrogant nonetheless, I and thirty generations of my family to come can live luxuriously. Without having to work a single day of our lives so, as you can see I don't need to be CEO of any company." Lena can see that Winn doesn't believe one bit in the things she just said but instead, he stays silent for a moment.
"At, first when I received and read your text message I was nervous because I thought you were going to ask me to work with you. We worked so well on the two occasion we aided Supergirl and, at most I thought you were going to befriend me. However, this is so unexpected that I don't know what to tell you Mrs. Luthor." Winn says a slight smile. Lena feels something warm in her heart as Winn came to the lunch meeting with kind intentions. "call me Lena and you don't have to say anything right now, I will give you a week to make a decision." She tells him with a soft glare.
Having said that Lena wave at the waitress for the check as she was getting ready to leave. Before leaving she addresses Winn one more time. "One more thing Winn lets keep this conversation between us, I'll appreciate it if the press doesn't find out." Winn nods agreeing with her. After their lunch, Winn sends a message letting Alex know that he is not going back to the DEO. Informing her that he is not feeling good and that he will go back to work when he feels better.
While Winn is in his apartment he thinks about, Lena wanting to leave her company in good hands. About, how he can provide the DEO and his friend's revolutionary technology to ensure the safety of others. After, two days he agrees to meet at Lena's penthouse to discuss his decision.
As Winn gets ready to go meet Lena, someone knocks on his door. "H-hi Alex, what are you doing here?" He says trying hard not to sound nervous. "well, you haven't shown up for work in two days so, I came to check on you," she says with a concerned look. "I feel much better, thank you, I-ah-mmm, actually I'm heading out to go see a friend of mine then I'll go by the DEO," he says with guilt in an attempt to dismiss her. Alex crosses her arms over her chest as she stares at him for a moment before saying anything. "A friend huh, well listen if you need something just let me know ok," and on the note, Alex leaves and Winn heads out.
Winn gasp as he enters Lena's 31,500 square feet, five-story penthouse. The 360 degrees view is mesmerizing as well as the inside decor. "Wow," he says as Lena gestures him to get onto the elevator so they can go to the rooftop cabana. once on the rooftop cabana they sit still appreciating the view of National City. "would you like something to drink?" Lena asks him as she waves at a person that seems to be the waiter. "I will have a glass of water, thank you," He says to the waiter. "I'll have a glass of water too," she tells the waiter as she turns to look at Winn.
"Tell me, Winn, what have you decided?" Lena asks intrigue as Winn takes a deep breath before answering. "Well, after thinking about what you said last time I have decided to take your offer. Anyway someone needs to manage the company resources in a good productive way. And I will also get to invent cool things and work with the D-FBI." he says with a slight laugh as Lena is looking at him with a huge smile on her face trying to hide her sadness. "Congratulation Winn the life of CEO awaits you," As she congratulates Winn a woman shows up. "Winn this is Jess, your assistant she will get you updated with everything that's going on with L-Corp. She will also report your work to me." Lena introduces the woman who arrived exactly an hour after Winn did just like she told her to.
Winn is now the CEO of L-Corp. They celebrate with champagne and a nice dinner. When Jess leaves Winn asks Lena a question with a shaky voice. "Lena w-what about Kara?" Lena's eyes widened at the question as she was not expecting him to ask her about Kara. "what about Kara?" she said with sadness in her voice. "Aren't you going to say goodbye to her?" Winn says acknowledging that Kara is Lenas best friend. I think she had enough... goodbye's for now," she says with a broken voice while trying to hold back some tears and she leaves it at that.