The next day at noon, Tony came to Pepper's office with a bunch of flowers in his hands.
"Hi, beautiful lady, I have reserved a reservation at your favorite restaurant, and the car is waiting for you downstairs. Can you come and give me a favor?"
Tony walked over, put the flowers down, and gave Pepper a kiss on the cheek. It seemed that the two of them had reconciled.
But in fact, it is not the case. If you have to say it, it is probably a probation period, a probation period for Tony. If he is still prepared to spend his whole life with the Iron Man as before, then Pepper will definitely quit without hesitation!
In response to Tony's invitation, Pepper, who was busy processing a pile of documents, said helplessly: "Although the terrorist issue has been resolved, there are still too many things to deal with. Tony, you still have a press conference at 2 pm. Did you remember?"
"Oh, come on. Of course I didn't forget, but it's lunch time now, and today is Christmas. We shouldn't let work restrict our freedom."
Listening to Tony's persistent entanglement, Pepper was helpless. If possible, she also wanted freedom, but did she really think it was easy to manage such a large company
If Tony can be a hands-off boss, who can she hand it over to
However, considering the harsh words she said before and the emotional fluctuations they had recently experienced, she thought again and again before signing the document and said, "Okay, we can celebrate together in the evening, but forget about it during the day."
"You have the final say, but we must eat on time. You once told me that." Tony also took a step back.
Pepper checked the time and said, "I only have an hour for lunch break. It's too late to go somewhere too far. Let's go to Dior's restaurant to eat something. I stood him up yesterday, so today is a good time to make up for it and thank him at the same time."
"Why should we go to that guy's place for dinner? The food he cooks... well, the food he cooks does taste good, but why should we thank him?"
Tony frowned when he heard Dio's name again, especially when he woke up this morning. He couldn't even believe his ears. The man beside him actually called out another man's name in his sleep.
If Tony hadn't always felt that there couldn't be anything between the two of them, and if it was indeed Dio who saved Pepper again yesterday, he might really have exploded on the spot.
But some things are doubted. Even if two people trust each other, once they start to doubt each other, no matter what they do or say, it will be understood to mean something else.
Now Tony was somewhat reluctant to let Pepper and Dio meet again. Regardless of whether he was suspicious or not, he wanted to prevent such a thing from happening fundamentally.
"Thank him for saving me again yesterday, and thank him for bringing you back safely." Pepper didn't think too much about it and said what was in her heart directly.
If it were the Tony of the past, he would definitely understand the true meaning of Pepper's words, but for some reason at this moment, Tony interpreted her words as meaning that he was not as good as Dio!
When danger occurred, it was Dio who was by Pepper's side, not him!
And although he was reluctant to admit it, Dio did save Pepper many times.
But what does it mean to say 'thank you Dio for bringing him back safe and sound'!
Does he need someone to save him this time
He single-handedly (Rod was once again ignored) destroyed the conspiracy of Killian and his gang of bastards, killed the big villain with his own hands, saved the President of the United States, and rescued countless people from panic!
At this moment, Tony suddenly got stuck in a dilemma, and for a while he couldn't extricate himself.
Until Pepper stood up and said with a smile, "Let's go, I love Dio's cooking."
When Pepper left first, Tony found that he had clenched his fists unconsciously, and in that moment of distraction, he seemed to be unable to hear the whole sentence clearly. Only the short sentence "I love Dio..." kept surging in his mind.
"Tony, what's wrong with you?" Pepper, who had already walked out, found that Tony did not follow her, so she came back and asked him when she saw him standing there in a daze.
Tony, who had just woken up from a dream, relaxed his hands and said with a forced smile: "Nothing, let's go."
Pepper felt that something was wrong with Tony again, but he hadn't been normal for a while, so she didn't think much of it.
Because they were very close, the two of them quickly arrived at Dior's restaurant, but the strange thing was that there was a sign outside the door saying "Temporarily closed for three days".
After seeing the sign, Tony felt relieved for some reason, and suggested, "It seems we came at a bad time. There's a delicious sandwich shop across the street. Why don't we go there?"
"Wait a minute Tony, let me make a phone call and ask. It's not like Dio to hang up this thing."
"Personality? Do you know him well?"
"What's wrong with you Tony, aren't we friends?" Pepper frowned because of Tony's tone.
Because of little things and little coincidences, it seemed that things were beginning to develop in an unpredictable direction.
"Friends? Being friends with a cook? When did your vision become so bad?"
"Tony, what are you talking about? Did you hit your head yesterday?" Pepper looked at Tony in disbelief.
Tony regretted saying this, he couldn't understand why he would say such a thing, but provoked by Pepper's expression and words, he continued to choose to be stubborn, and blurted out a more hurtful word without thinking.
"Whose head was injured? When you woke up this morning, you shouted Dio instead of my name! You found a new club so quickly, I'm really impressed by you!"
Pepper looked at Tony in disbelief, not even glancing at the phone in her hand as it fell to the ground.
The two of them were such strangers at this moment!
Tony was also shocked that he would say such vicious words to hurt Pepper, especially when Pepper's look at him at that moment broke his heart.
"I'm sorry, Pepper, I..." He took a step forward and wanted to grab Pepper to apologize.
But Pepper immediately took two steps back to avoid him, as if something disgusting was sticking to her.
The atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point!
The two of them sat in silence, neither of them understanding why a simple lunch outing would turn out like this.
Among them, Pepper was extremely sad. She never thought that she would be like this in Tony's heart.
At this moment, a figure who had been lurking and observing for a long time suddenly walked out of the car and started running towards the two of them.
When she saw the orange light, Pepper subconsciously shouted, "Watch out behind you!"