"I want a drink, how about you?" In order to cover up the awkwardness caused by her previous behavior between the two of them, Pepper took the initiative to offer to drink something.
"It just so happens that I do too. What do you want to drink? I'll get it for you." Tony came back to his senses. Although he was annoyed at his stupid behavior just now, in order to maintain his composure in front of his beloved, Tony responded calmly.
"I'll have a vodka martini with extra dried olives, at least three."
"OK!"
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"Two vodka martinis with dried olives, please hurry up. Oh, and one of them has a heavy olive." Tony put the tip in front of the bartender and breathed a sigh of relief. He was so nervous just now. Tony never thought that Pepper would lean over and kiss him at that moment. He really didn't know if it was a test. If it was, then he must have failed.
Just as Tony was daydreaming, a female reporter dressed very voluptuous came to the bar after seeing Tony's back, "Wow, Tony Stark! It's great to see you here."
"Oh, hello, you are Carly..." After seeing the other person's face, Tony had a vague impression of her in his mind, but he couldn't remember her name.
"Christine." Before Tony could finish guessing her name, the female reporter Christine revealed her own name. She knew that a playboy like Tony Stark would never remember the name of a nobody like her, even if she had a one-night stand with him.
Tony: "Yeah, that's what I was going to say."
"You seem nervous to be showing up here tonight? Can you at least let me see some reaction from you?" As a reporter, Christine has amazing observation skills and she immediately noticed the unnaturalness in Tony's expression.
"Like you can see, nervous. I think nervousness is my reaction." Tony didn't want to tell a reporter about his failed kiss, because if he did, it would definitely appear on the front page of the entertainment section the next day and everyone in the world would know about it.
"But I've heard recently that Stark Industries was involved in the recent atrocity. Is this the responsibility you mentioned?" Even if Tony no longer wanted to reveal his thoughts, as a reporter, Christine would not miss the opportunity to dig out the information she wanted from Tony.
"Atrocity? Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about. I haven't dealt with company affairs for a long time. I have been staying at home doing private research recently." Tony was confused by the other party's words. He didn't understand what this so-called "atrocity" meant.
Christine handed a stack of photos to Tony. "This is a town called Gumi'la. Have you heard of it?"
Of course Tony had heard of it. He clearly remembered that Gumi'la was the hometown of his savior, Dr. Ethan. Ever since the two of them successfully rescued themselves, they had separated and had never met again.
At that time, Ethan said that his family had died at the hands of terrorists. He wanted to return to his hometown to protect more people and no longer let them experience the pain he had suffered. Before leaving, Tony also gave Dr. Ethan the magic suit that Mark specially made for him as a gift, hoping that it could help him and protect his life.
But when Tony flipped through the photos that Christine handed him, looking at the houses that were bombarded with only broken walls and ruins left, looking at the tragic scene of corpses lying all over the ground, and looking at the close-up of the big words "Stark Industries" on the weapons used by the terrorists, Tony had gone beyond anger and seemed somewhat calm instead.
"When were these photos taken?" Tony stared at the photos in his hand and asked Christine in a cold tone.
Christine: "Yesterday."
"I didn't approve any shipments," Tony explained, meeting her eyes.
Christine: "But your company approved it!"
"My company is not equal to me!" After saying this, Tony stopped entangled with the female reporter Christine and even forgot the wine he promised to give to Pepper.
He brought the photos and went directly to Obadiah, who was still being interviewed on the red carpet in front of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and asked him, "Have you seen these photos? What's going on?"
Obadiah first calmly took Tony to a distance from the reporters, and then said earnestly: "Tony, Tony, calm down, don't be so naive."
"Too real!? I was very naive. When you said, 'This is our bottom line, we can't cross it, this is how we do business,' I actually believed it. I was very naive at that time.
There's another part of the sentence you didn't tell me, right? [Unless we're secretly doing a double deal]...Is that so? "
Obadiah didn't show any nervousness about being exposed in the face of Tony's relentless questioning. He leaned close to Tony's ear and whispered, "Tony, who do you think signed the board's restraining order against you? I was the one who signed it. It was the only way I could protect you. Do you understand my painstaking efforts?"
Obadiah patted Tony on the shoulder, a meaningful smile appeared on his lips, then he got in the car and left the venue, leaving Tony standing there stunned.
"Hey! Dad, what are you doing here?" Suddenly Mark's familiar voice came from behind, waking up Tony who was in a daze.
Mark Jian Tony came to his senses without saying a word and slapped him hard on the back.
"Hiss~ It hurts so much, what are you doing, you little brat!"
"Why are you pretending to be melancholy? You're not Roberto Baggio, the melancholic prince. Just now, Pepper came over and asked me where I'd been, and I smoothed things over for you by saying you went to the bathroom.
I didn't expect you to take advantage of Pepper to be left alone on the terrace, yet still have time to sit here in a daze. If someone then misunderstands that you're being overly affectionate and flirting with other women, I won't help you explain."
"Oh no! I forgot the vodka martini I promised Pepper. Come with me and give it to Pepper. We are going home." Tony took Mark's hand and walked into the concert hall.
"So soon, you haven't had time to make a big fuss?" Looking at the complicated expression on Tony's face, Mark couldn't remember what had happened to make him change so suddenly.
"We have to make a scene, but not here. We have to go somewhere else. My company made a mistake, and I'm here to fix it."
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