A/N: Sorry for the delay! I did have the chapter ready but Thanksgiving was quite busy. Enjoy! This might be short, but the next chapter will be better! Promise!! Hehehe *wink wink*

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The next week..

Ever since that 'private' performance, Tony has never been able to look at Pepper without thinking of her hands. On her neck, her chest, her waist…He was so bothered by what he saw, that he stayed in his workshop for most of the days, coming up only for a few minutes. He made Jarvis monitor Pepper's whereabouts so he wouldn't have to see her unless it was necessary. He also researched whether Pepper's little performance was a once in a lifetime or something of a regular occurrence. He was relieved to know that that was indeed her first. However, he did ask Jarvis to monitor's Pepper's room, just in case she decided to do an encore performance.

On the other hand, Pepper was dumbstruck. Her little performance should have given her boss, the sexy Tony Stark enough information to go after her. Instead, Tony became more of a hermit. Only coming out of his shop when he slept and whenever she needed his signatures. She was beginning to think that he was purposely avoiding her.

"Ah… the great Tony Stark afraid of a little taste of his own medicine? Well, we'll just have to see that." Said Pepper to herself. She immediately began to formulate a plan.

After a few days of no activity from Pepper, Tony began to relax again. 'Maybe she was just really tensed up and needed to release…oh god!' thought Tony. 'Great! Can I even have a decent thought of Pepper?' he ran his hand through his dirty hair. Two days without a shower can make any person a little rancid. He laughed to himself as he started up the stairs. Half an hour later, dressed in jeans and a white shirt, Tony walked back downstairs to his shop.

"Sir, Ms. Potts arrived at the house and has brought some packages to her room" Jarvis announced.

Tony froze. Swallowing hard, he asked

"Is she…what is she doing?"

Instead of answering, Jarvis activated the guest room camera 2. Pepper was seen moving from the bags to the closet, replenishing her wardrobe from her apartment. She was moving back and forth from the room, closet and bathroom. No music but she was talking to someone on the phone. Tony relaxed considerably and began to laugh nervously. 'I'm going out of my mind here! Getting paranoid at everything she's doing' He turned off the screen and began to work on the schematics of the War Machine.

"Jarvis, music please!" the beats of Black Sabbath filled the room.

Upstairs…..

Pepper completed her task of moving some of her clothes to her guest room at the mansion. She took a moment to relax on the bed as she finished her conversation with Betty, another secretary at Stark Industries.

"Jarvis, has Mr. Stark left his workshop today?"

"Yes madam, he has left his workshop only once to go to his master suite bathroom"

"Where is Mr. Stark's current location?"

"He is back in the workshop. Might I add Ms. Potts that he has researched the entire security server to find your recordings?"

"Recordings? I've only requested one recording Jarvis" said Pepper.

"Mr. Stark only tried to confirm that one such recording exists. He also requested to be informed when you request another recording madam"

"Really?" she was shocked. She thought Tony was not interested. He hasn't seen her for more than a few minutes in the week that passed. He hasn't even looked her in the eye. She knew that Tony watched her video. She also knew that Tony wouldn't look at her in the face or else he would be guilty. Not that she was angry; quite the opposite. She's been trying to make him realize that she was indeed interested in him. Not just as a fling, but to build a relationship with a man who really is all she had. She only hoped that her decision would not lead her to absolute heartache. 'Well' she thought to herself, 'I can't think of that right now. More of that and I won't go through with everything.' She reasoned. Pepper closed her eyes momentarily then looked at herself on the mirror. Ready or not Iron Man, here I go again' This time, she's going to make sure that he got the message.

She got up from the bed and went to the bathroom.