Chapter 4
Obadiah Stane thinks she is nervous.
He doesn’t know Pepper Potts is stealing information from right under his nose.
She is polite and blushes a little.
(Pepper is not nervous. If her hand shakes, it is with rage.
This man took someone precious to her and he was tortured.
This man did it for—not that it matters why, of course, but he did it for greed and he did it as a traitor. He raised Tony and then betrayed him utterly.
She smiles and very carefully lets none of her killing intent show. It’s a feat of chakra control that bodes well for her progress and ill for his face.
It does not take all of her control to refrain from slipping a knife between his ribs. It only takes a fraction. She is on a mission.)
Pepper completes her mission and slides past him out of the room.
(She has more important things.
Tony.)