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CHAPTER 4

There was a knock on the door.

"Mr. Stark?" asked Bambi from the other side.

Both Pepper and Tony halted their movements and looked at each other in shock. She released him immediately with a 'pop' and stood up and arranged her bra and blouse. Tony was still pressed against the wall figuring out what he should do. 'Should we finish or…'

He was interrupted by Pepper who was already very presentable, "don't even think about it."

"But Pep… I'm gonna get blue balls then" he whined childishly while grabbing his member with one of his hands.

"I don't care; put your pants on again. We shouldn't have done anything in the office, let alone at noon!" she exclaimed getting worried with each passing second. She was now sitting back on the couch in front of the coffee table. There was another knock.

"Mr. Stark, is it okay for me to come in?" asked Bambi one more time.

He was suffering in tucking himself back into his pants. Finally, he pulled everything up trying hard to look decent, except for the prominent bulge in the front of his pants.

"Yes Bambi, come on in" he replied from inside the office sitting behind his desk. He had to hide the obvious reason why they took so long in opening the door. He shifted uncomfortably in his chair; the graze of the clothes against his overly sensitive dick was excruciating for him, he almost came. 'Very adult of you to come in your pants, very mature Tony' he thought.

Bambi came into the room carrying a bunch of folders and papers and approached Tony's desk. "These are for you to sign Mr. Stark. The R&D Department sent me those. You might have to review them too, one of the engineers said there was an error with one of the blueprints" she said handing him the huge stack of files.

"Ugh Bambi…" he groaned, "I have to do everything in this fucking company, no offense to you Bambi." he said getting the folders and winking at her, "thank you". He was happy with her; she was his father's secretary and she always did her job, he could trust her.

"Okay Mr. Stark, if anything, I'm outside" she turned around and casting a glance at Pepper and said "excuse me" and left the office. They just smiled at her.

"Lordy" he exhaled a long breath. "Care to help me out honey?" he asked Pepper once they were alone again.

"Are you kidding me Tony?" she looked at him incredulously while standing up from the couch and leaving the office.

"What?" he asked confused. Glancing at his hand he said, "well it looks like is just you and me… Let's make it worth it".

It was already 6:40 pm when Pepper glanced at her clock, she was extremely tired but the workload she had was enough to keep her awake for 3 more days. The MIT was again asking for Tony's attendance speech; every single year they will send the invitation but as usual, Mr. Stark always ignored it. She was over some documents and noticed something strange.

"Okay, weird… We haven't sold weapons to that provider for years" she thought out loud. She was now checking the recent transactions made by Stark Industries and third parties. There was a mistake for sure because Tony would have never approved any of this; the timing, the amount, the area, everything was weird. Pepper kept thinking and gathering information when something came up to her mind…

"Obadiah" she gasped quietly.

She started to remember everything… 'Afghanistan, Tony's escape, Obadiah leading the company, Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division… They have to work on that name. What am I missing here?' her thoughts were very distracting that she didn't hear or notice Tony entering the room and approaching her from behind the chair.

He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "are we leaving or staying here for overnight office activities?" the sarcasm was clear in his low rumble.

She jumped and turned around hitting one of Tony's knees. "Tony!" she screamed grabbing her heart in a surprise gesture, "are you crazy!? You scared me" she puffed out more calmed now that it was just him.

"Ouch Pep!" he faked hurt soothing his knee. "Let's go, Happy is waiting for us outside," he said helping her out to get out of the chair. She gathered all her stuff and left the office building with Tony.

They reached the car and Happy opened the door for them to step inside. Once they were seated Pepper drifted off and immersed herself deep in thoughts. Tony was watching her closely. 'Something is off with her. I hope she doesn't regret what happened between us, wait… Does it mean that we are together?' he thought looking outside of the window.

She was thinking about what she found out in the office; something wasn't right and she was going to get to the bottom of this. She didn't trust anyone at this point and Obadiah always gave her the chills. Also, there was the thing with Tony, 'I gave him a freaking head in his office! What the hell?' she thought consternated, 'Are we together? Did I agree on that?' she finally let out a puff of air and sighed tiredly looking out the window.

He turned around to look at her. Saying without taking his eyes off of her, "Hap, screen please". He signaled to his driver.

"Sure boss" replied Happy pulling the black screen up.

He was now analyzing her, waiting for her to look at him. At some point, she felt the magnetic force of his gaze and turned her head back to him.

"What is wrong Pep? You know you can tell me anything", he asked worried that she was now having second thoughts of what happened earlier between them, although they haven't cleared up what they were yet.

She smiled at him a comforting gesture but didn't say anything. She glanced at him but suddenly a wave of concern came to her and she looked away.

"Hey" he reached out for her chin and brought her eyes back to him. "I know that maybe you're confused about what happened between us earlier, but I'm not having second thoughts about it, Pepper. I'm all in and I should clarify something here" he took a deep breath and continued, "I want to be with you and just you. The question is, are you?" he asked holding his breath.

She felt her tears welling up in her eyes and felt the tenderness of his voice.

"Tony" she exhaled, there were too many feelings running through her mind.

'What am I doing?' she thought, 'he is my boss, I'm his assistant. This is wrong. I can't…'

Tony looked at her confused.

"Pep-"

"Tony, please stop" she interjected while pinching the bridge of her nose. "This was a mistake. You don't understand, my career, my reputation, my whol-" he cut her off.

"Mistake?" he asked confused. Taking a deep breath he continued, "what are you talking about Pepper?" he was getting annoyed and angry each second. "Are we gonna go through that conversation again? Because if we do, I might need a fucking drink."

He really needed a drink. A glass filled with scotch to calm his anxiety. 'I'm not gonna go through this again, fuck it'.

"How many times do I have to say that I want you? What do I have to do? Hmm?" he was already angry, "answer me, Virginia". That last one came out more loudly and demandingly than he intended.

"Tony-"

"Enough! Save your bullshit. I'm getting tired of your mind games." he exclaimed. He couldn't look at her at the moment, so he faced forward again and grabbed his collar while playing with his tie; anything to distract himself from the situation. Suddenly the black screen looked very interesting.

"What the hell!?" Pepper asked and then continued "clearly you are not putting enough head in this matter" her emotions were a turmoil and she almost cracked but she refused to let him get with it.

"Wait… of course, stupid me" she said ironically, "the great Tony Stark will just be applauded after sleeping with his assistant. That's what you attempted, right? Sleeping around with everything that moves", she said hinting sarcasm in her voice.

Annoyed by her attitude he replied "right, right. You're totally right. I was busy putting my head somewhere else", touching his chin in a thinking manner he said "oh! Now I remember; it wasn't down your throat… like a few hours ago?"

"Fuck you" she spat crossing her arms over her chest.

He let out a cynical laugh. "You wish", he then turned his head and looked at her with hurt in his eyes. "You know what, Pepper? Forget it. You're probably right anyway. I might get bored of you and I'll find someone else to fuck because that's what I do, right? I'm a man whore that sleeps with everything that moves around".

She could hear the sadness and disappointment in his voice. She was regretting saying all of those things but it was the truth, he was going to get bored of her; it was a fact. Who was she kidding? He was the most desirable man in the world and she was just an average simple assistant. He could have any Victoria's Secret angel at his feet.

Neither of them spoke anymore. The rest of the journey was rode in an awkward silence. He could feel his heart breaking into pieces. He felt constricted, just like when he was back in Afghanistan. 'You're breaking my heart, Pepper' he thought in silence glancing outside of the window.

Happy pulled the car at the entrance of the mansion and brought down the black screen. "Home sweet home, boss", he said cheerily. "Ms. Potts would you like me to take you home?" he asked her looking her through the review mirror.

"Yes, Happy. I would like that" she replied with emptiness in her voice. Her eyes connected with the driver and he sensed the commotion behind her beautiful blue eyes.

Hogan stole a glance between her and his boss, and understood that something serious happened during their drive back.

Tony felt a wave of jealously hit him and said something that he might regret in the future, "please do, Hogan. I think I need the house for myself tonight, if you know what I mean; and Pepper, please clear my schedule for tomorrow, I don't feel like going to any meetings" he winked at the driver and glanced briefly at Pepper.

He knew he was behaving like a child and an asshole but he couldn't control himself. He was broken and he didn't like the way Happy was looking at Pepper. 'Well, she said that we can't be together so I'm not cheating anyone in here. No harm, no foul' he thought. He stole one more glance at Pepper and stepped out of the car.

"Ready Ms. Potts?" Happy asked while fixing his rearview mirror.

She nodded and stole a glimpse at Tony's house entrance. They both looked at each other one last time but the tinted windows distanced their glances.