Tony had yet to form a full-fledged opinion on his new secretary. Sure, she was capable enough, but being his secretary took much more than just capability. Her test today would come in the form of seeing him reasonably unsettled; his recently-revealed daughter was coming over to his house to meet him just later that day, and Pepper hadn't taken that news over breakfast particularly well.

The look he leveled her with as he breezed into the office practically screamed for a pot a coffee, just the way he liked it. Way too saccharine. "Messages, Marie?"