So I've got a couple of chapters ready to go on this which means the updates will be fast for maybe three days. But then I gotta write the rest so bear with me! Kinda a short chapter
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Pepper rarely swore. But right now, as she was expecting Tony any minute and was still fighting with the zip on her dress that had caught somewhere above the small of her back, she ran through a dictionary of expletives.
The loudest one came with the ringing of the doorbell. She fumed. There was nothing she could do. Crossing the room she swung the door open to find him standing in his tux looking every bit as dashing as the day she'd first met him.
"I need your help," she blurted out in greeting and he raised his eyebrows saying ok as he stepped in past her.
"What's up? He said as he turned back to face her.
"The zip of my dress is caught. Can you..?" she trailed off at the look on his face, "Tony?" He started at that.
"Sorry, yeah. Turn around." he tried to push away the feeling of his stirring groin as he was met with the expanse of bare skin. He swallowed before seeking out the zip, taking the chance to cheekily run his fingers along her spine and noticing her shudder as he did.
He wondered if he could convince her to just stay in for the night. The zip had caught just at the small of her back, barely above where he could briefly make out a tiny string of material underneat. He swallowed hard.
"Tony, if I was asking you to UN-zip me it'd be done by now..." the words were out of her mouth before she even considered them and she quietly berated herself for saying something so blatantly provocative.
"Damn straight." he chuckled before pulling up the zip, softly caressing her neck with the back of his hand as he reached the top. She turned to face him and he eyed her from top to bottom and back again.
"You look absolutely stunning," he said softly and she blushed at the sheer warmth behind his words.
When he offered her his arm she happily took it."
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"So what's my absolute maximum spend for this auction?" she asked in the car as it crept through the streets.
"Unlimited."
She scoffed at that, "Tony come on, the people at this could drop a million just like that!" He looked at her and laughed.
"Hello Pepper, billionaire! That's what, thousands of millions? Trust me, there is no limit to your spend as long as they're signing me over to you by the end of it!"
She nodded her head in agreement before asking what her (his) millions were buying. He smirked.
"A date with the brilliant Tony Stark of course."
"Oh. Will there be anyone in the room who hasn't already had that pleasure?" she asked cheekily and he feigned a look of shock.
"Ouch Potts, you're mean when you want to be!"
She smiled smugly at him before laughing at the look on his face.