𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐘 | 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤

Part Three

The following day, you were hurrying around the office, trying to get as much of your work done as you could, as tomorrow was your day off. You glanced at the clock, breathing out in relief once you saw you only had a couple more minutes left before you could go home.

You glanced at the papers waiting on your desk and picked them up. Before she left, Pepper left some documents for Tony to sign and trusted you to finish the job after he was out of the meeting. You quickly found his office. As you were about to knock on the door, they suddenly opened, revealing a beautiful brunette stepping out of Tony's office, followed by him. She looked absolutely charmed by him.

Neither of them noticed you yet, allowing you to watch the scene unfold.

"I hope I'll see you around, Mr. Stark."She said, very obviously flirting with him, making your jaw drop open.

"Oh, I hope too." Tony answered with a smirk.

The woman turned around and passed by you on her way out. Following her retreating figure led Tony's gaze to finally land on you as you looked the woman up and down, before finally looking back at Tony. The expression on his face turned into surprise. "Y/N." He cleared his throat, immediately straightening up and fixing his collar.

"Good afternoon, Mr.Stark."You said, quickly gathering your thoughts and making the unknown feeling in your stomach go away. "Ms. Potts left something for you to sign."

"So... that was Gretchen." Tony said."She's starting here soon-"

"With all due respect, I don't care, sir."You said, approaching him.

Tony trailed off, his rant long forgotten as he watched you hand him a few papers and a pen.

"I need you to sign here."You said with a stern voice.

"Now, now", he chuckled, taking the pen and signing his name on the paper,"Is that a way to talk to your boss?"

You looked him directly in the eyes,"My boss is Miss Potts."

"Is that so?" He asked, getting even closer and staring down at you.

"Yes, now sign the documents so I can go home and have a day off."

"Very well", he said, signing the rest of the documents and handing them to you.

The following day, you were at the beauty salon that one of your friends owned.

"Please, please, please, Y/N!" Your friend, Paul, begged you the next day as you were sitting in the chair across from him, staring at him with your arms crossed on your chest.

"I don't know Paul, I can't just do that."

"Please, you need it!"

"But it's not that simple."

"You're in desperate need of a makeover!"

You scoffed, "Rude."

"Please, I promise it won't be drastic!"

You huffed before speaking, "It better not be. I have a serious job to get back to tomorrow and I don't want to look like a clown."

And that's how you found yourself sitting in the chair as Paul dyed your hair, giving it a new, fresh look and then proceeded to give your hair a blowout.

"So, anything interesting happened on that new job of yours?" Paul asked, looking at your reflection in the mirror.

"Not really", you quickly replied, your mind wandering back to the CEO.

Just then, the doors of the salon opened, and both, yours and Paul's friend, Ava, walked in with a bouquet of red roses in her hands. "Hello, you guys!"

"What's with the flowers?" Paul asked, making her look at you.

"Y/N, this was dropped off for you at your door." She said, placing the flowers in front of you and jumping on the empty seat next to you.

Your eyes widened as you took the roses into your hands, smelling them. You found a small card placed inside the flowers. You opened it and read,

"I hope you like them

-Tony"

Paul read the card from over your shoulder. "Tony? As in Tony Stak? Wait, isn't Tony Stark, like - "

Ava nodded her head at him, "Like the richest man in the world. And her boss."

Paul looked at your reflection, raising his eyebrows.

"Technically, he isn't my boss." You answered back awkwardly.

Paul yanked your hair from behind, making you hiss in pain. "What was that for?"

"Nothing interesting, huh?"

The rest of the day, you spent with Ava. You two went out shopping, something you haven't done for too long, and then you went to eat something. The following day, you showed up at Stark Industries, looking well rested and ready to continue with your work.

You haven't seen Pepper, or Tony when you arrived, so you went straight to your desk and turned the computer on. Then, you heard the sound of high heels quickly walking down the hallway.

"Y/N?" You heard Pepper call. You raised your head, only to see her standing in the entrance, looking surprised."You look so beautiful, did you do something with your hair?"

"Thank you." You smiled at her.

"You're glowing, trust me."

"Thank you, really. You're on your way out?" You asked her.

"Oh, no. I just got back, actually. Well, Tony and I had lunch with Gretchen. She just started here. I'd love for you to meet her when you're free."

"Oh." You blinked. "Right. Sure." You forced a smile on your face.

"Anyway, I'll go home early today. When you're done, you can go as well. There's not much to do today." She said. "If you need anything, I'll be in my office."

You nodded your head, after which she left. You were alone for a few minutes. Then, you heard the sound of footsteps and the door opened again.

"Pepper, is Y/N -" You heard the voice of the billionaire himself. He stopped in his tracks when he saw you. "Y/N? Is that you?"

'No, it's Gretchen.' You bit your tongue to keep yourself from saying that. Instead, you forced a sweet smile on your face and looked up at him."Can I help you, Mr. Stark?"

"Did you get the roses?" He questioned.

"I did. You didn't have to do that. Thank you."

"You look beautiful, as always." He said. Just then, he noticed your shirt was a bit more open than it usually was, one button being undone. He couldn't help the way his eyes moved to a nice view of your cleveage.

"Thank you, Mr. Stark." You said with your sweet voice. "Did you need something?"

"I - I -" He stuttered over his words, trying to look at your eyes, but failing."Nevermind!"

He slammed the door of the office close, leaving you rolling your eyes and chuckling behind.