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Two weeks had gone by since Elizabeth had walked out of Tony's house. He'd called her job to speak with her, but always told the secretary to inform him she was currently out of her office and to take a message. She never called him back and had no interest in making a phone call to him. Elizabeth wasn't sure how much long that would work; she knew that Tony had to finish up his meeting with her boss so she would see him sooner than she hoped anyways.
Elizabeth sat at her desk and checked her emails when she heard his voice bellow from the lobby. She let out a small gasp and went back to her emails. Her office phone let out a loud buzz and her boss' voice rang through her small office. "Elizabeth, Mr. Stark is here, we will continue our meeting now. Please come to the conference room." "Yes sir." She said standing. "And Elizabeth, don't forget the documents." And then a quick beep rang through her office once more, informing her that the call was over. Elizabeth opened the desk drawer, grabbed the manila folders, and then headed into the conference room. "Good morning Miss. Stone." Tony said standing up as soon as she walked into the room. The red-head assumed his actions to just be polite. "Good morning to you as well Mr. Stark." She said, sitting across from him once more. Just like that the meeting kicked off and her mind was really anywhere but there.
After the meeting was over Mr. Phillips shook Tony's hand, said his farewell, and went back to his office. That left Elizabeth still in the room with Tony, once more by herself. "We should probably talk." He said, breaking the many minutes of silence. "I am not sure I really have anything to say to you darlin'." The red-head forced a smile and headed back to her office. Tony was on her heels though, right behind keeping in step. "I personally don't give a rat's ass if you have anything to say to me." Tony said, this caused Elizabeth to stop walking. "Then why the hell are you following me, Mr. Stark? A conversation is usually held between two or more people. I mean it is common for people to hold a conversation with themselves, but rarely in the presence of others." Tony stood there, watching the back of her head. He waited for her to turn around so he could look at her face, to make sure he caused no pain to her. Elizabeth took in a deep breath and continued walking. "Well I want to talk to you. Someone can say something to you, without them needing you to respond at the end of every single sentence." He followed her right into her office and shut the door behind them.
Elizabeth sat at her desk and booted her computer up again, "Mr. Stark, you are interfering with my work and I do not appreciate it." Tony sat on the corner of her desk and watched her as she typed what he assumed to possibly be an email. She could feel him watching her and it made her uncomfortable. She continued on with her work never-the-less in hopes he would grow bored and leave the room. "I would like to explain what happened a few weeks ago, with Nick Fury. He is an asshole who thinks that because I am part of the Avengers, which he thinks that means, he can call my personal home whenever the fuck he likes. He thinks that when he says jump, I should say how high. But I will not do anything he wants because he acts like he is fucking entitled to it." Elizabeth turned her office chair to face him, folding on knee across the other. Tony broke away from his train of thought and laid his eyes directly on the legs Elizabeth was showing wearing her black pencil skirt. "Please Mr. Stark, if you could quit ogling me and actually get back to your point, I would be greatly appreciative." She said, tapping her fingers on the desk.
Tony cleared his throat and went on. "Nick likes to assume he knows every aspect of what goes on in my life as well, like with Ms. Potts. Pepper is my assistant, well she is now the CEO of Stark Industries, but I do trust her with my life." His eyes her still wandering her legs and it was making it hard for him to focus on anything besides wanting to set her on her desk and get between her long, beautiful legs. But this was not the time or place and he knew that so he took off his jack and placed his over her legs. "Excuse me? What the hell is this for?" The red head asked, looking at the jacket. "Because if I can't stop looking at them, I am going to have to put you on the desk, and relive the night we met." Elizabeth's face turned red. "You are quite the distraction Ms. Stone; it's almost easy to lose complete control. Mind you, I am a very controlled man." His words dripped with lust, and her heart sped up. "Please continue with your explanation Mr. Stark." Tony smiled, "Pepper and I are not involved intimately. We are involved professionally. At one time, we attempted to become a pair and it did not work out. Our personal lives clashed and she couldn't handle me as Iron Man. She wanted me to retire the suit and be with her, but that was something I couldn't do. I need to be Iron Man; I need to be able to prevent bad things from happening to this city. She just couldn't understand my side and she walked out and almost quit. Yes, I do care for her still but not like everyone thinks."
Elizabeth pinched the bridge of her know and let out a deep sigh. "Ok Tony, I believe you. But do you know how I felt? I was with you and I was called the name of another woman who you were once intimate with. I felt like a fool." Tony looked at her, seeing the pain in her eyes. "It wasn't by me; I never once have called a woman but a name other than their own. Except you, when you told me your name was Anne Kennedy." Elizabeth stood up from her chair and handed Tony his coat. "I understand, that was my ill thought out plan." She laughed, taking his hand. "I know you are more interested in a good time, not a long time, but for some reason I am drawn to you Tony. The fact that I am scares the living shit out of me, and I don't want to feel this way about you." He smirked and leaned into her, placing his forehead on hers. "I am obviously drawn to you as well. I have never had to plead my case to a woman for her to give me the time of day after a misunderstanding. I find your independence enticing and I really just want to take you home."
His lips crashed into hers with a passion that Elizabeth couldn't remember any of her ex-boyfriends having. It was almost a need that was based off primal instincts. Tony's hand laced through her red hair and the other laid across the small of her back. Elizabeth let out a small moan when he pushed his body against hers, removing what little space was between them. His hand left her hair and traveled up her shirt until it found her breast. She deepened the kiss and rubbed her hand down is chest. Suddenly she remembered she was at work, and that this was inappropriate so she broke away. "Tony I can't do this at work, I have a window and all it takes is for one person to walk by and I will be in trouble beyond compare." He watched her carefully for a moment.
"Work for me. Come work at Stark Industries. We could use someone like you. Our legal team is always growing and could use more workers, if you don't want that I can get you a secretarial position or you could be my personal assistant." The dark haired man was very serious now. His brown eyes looked at her as if she didn't have any other choice but to agree. "Tony, I am afraid that I cannot accept the offer, I feel that if we took into account of what just almost happened at my desk, that things would be less than professional. I do not get paid to fool around and fondle people. This is not a brothel, this is a professional setting, and I would like to keep my job that way." Tony looked like he was offended. "I can raise your pay and I can offer you the absolute benefits that money can buy. Look, this job here is a joke Ms. Stone. Your job here is a joke; I know the potential you have to exceed in your field but while you are here you will not amount to more than they are offering." The red head was offended by his words, but wasn't sure if she could believe him. She didn't know if he was the kind of person who would manipulate to get what wants. "Mr. Phillips has been nothing but good to me. Why would I leave this job?" Tony rubbed his jaw in frustration. "Well fine, think of what I am offering you. This position will be open to you if you do happen to change your mind." Putting on his coat, he bent down and scribbled his phone number across a post-it. "Call me." With that he walked out of her office and left the building through the elevator. Elizabeth glanced at Tony's number and slipped the post-it note into her pocket
A few minutes later Alicia peaked her head into Elizabeth's office. "Come in, Alicia." The red head said, watching her friend take a seat. "Mr. Stark spent a lot of time in your office. Please, tell me what happened." Elizabeth took a sip from the cup on her desk. "I went out to his house a couple weeks ago when you told me to. I got called Pepper and I got mad so I left. Today is the first time I had seen him since it happened. Today he told me my job here was a joke and that I should go work for him at Stark Industries. He also said he was drawn to me. That is it all in a nut shell. Oh, well we also got a little less professional but we were still dressed." Her friend's eyes were wide. "Damn girl. Maybe you should take up his offer, I know I would. I mean Mr. Phillips should understand that you were offered a better position. If he doesn't then so be it, but make sure that you get everything in writing so that this cannot come back to bite you in the ass." Her blonde friend had a good point and she knew that. "I will think about it. But for now, I am going home. It is 5 o'clock and Tony Stark has taken up a better part of my day." Elizabeth said, standing up from her desk. "Gotcha." And with that her blonde friend left her office as Elizabeth gathered her stuff and headed to the elevator.
Once outside Elizabeth pulled the post-it from her pocket and grabbed her phone. Hesitantly she began dialing the number. After a few rings, a voice answered the phone "Anthony Stark." "Well hello Tony." Elizabeth purred and she swore she could almost hear his devilish grin. "I had a feeling you would call me Miss. Stone." His voice made her blush even through the phone. "How did you know that, Mr. Stark?" He let out a laugh from the other side. "Just a feeling, where are you? I would like to see you again." Elizabeth stopped walking and stood there. She wasn't sure if she wanted to see him, but that had to be the reason why she called him she thought. "Come get me at the Starbucks on 8th avenue in about an hour. I have to get ready." "I will see you then." Then the phone click, signifying the phone call was over. Elizabeth headed into her building and jumped on the elevator, heading to her apartment. Once inside, she walked to the bathroom and stripped down and stepped into the shower.
When her shower was over, Elizabeth wrapped herself in her bathrobe and dried her hair straight. After she was done in the bathroom, she headed to her bedroom and began to get dressed. Elizabeth slipped on black leather a line skirt and a blue dolman top with a lace back. The red head gave herself a once over in the mirror, slipped on black flats, and headed back to the ground floor towards Starbucks. She grabbed a coffee and waited outside at a table for Tony to drive up at any moments. Many minutes passed and then a silver Audi pulled up to the curb in front of the coffee shop. Suddenly the window rolled down and there was Tony, sunglasses on with a smile across his face. A smile danced across Elizabeth's face and she got into his car. "It's nice seeing you again so soon, I didn't actually think you would call me at all." Tony said, peaking over his sunglasses then driving away from the curb. Tony's hand went straight to Elizabeth's leg, stroking the skin under her skirt. His touch caused Elizabeth's skin to prickle and her to take in a sharp breath of air. "I wasn't going to call but I couldn't see the harm in." His hand traveled up her leg, causing her to stir in her seat. She could see the smile on his face but his eyes kept on the road. "We will be at my house soon enough." He said, removing his hand. His voice was full of lust. Elizabeth nodded and frowned when Tony removed his hand and placed it back on the wheel.