"Strange. Why is it so dark where the boat is docked? Shouldn't Captain and the others be waiting for us onboard?"
Pepper walked along the pier. Since she wasn't wearing high heels, she didn't have to worry about getting her heels stuck in the cracks between the planks, and she moved quickly.
It was completely dark now, and the surrounding docks were even darker. Only the round moon reflected on the sea, its snowy-white glow illuminating her face.
Tony smiled. "You seemed pretty angry about what happened last night?"
"How I feel isn't important. You're the boss, after all." Pepper looked around. The only sound here was the waves, and it was rather creepy at night. "I just hope you don't wreck your body. Stark Industries might get acquired if that happens, and I don't want to work for someone else."
"Tsk, tsk. That reason is impeccably honest." Tony rubbed the reactor in his chest, then took out a titanium alloy phone. "I realized my mistake. I shouldn't have taken another girl to sleep in your bed, so I prepared a surprise for you as an apology."
Pepper twitched her lips. She suddenly remembered the two men she had seen at noon. It sounded like Happy's old friends had become stripping dancers. Could it be...
Shit, what was going through Tony's head? Did he think she would enjoy a show of muscular men selling their bodies?!
But just as she was feeling awkward, Tony had already dialed a number with one tap. The call was encrypted. That was how confident he was.
"Start."
With a series of faint electric crackles, colored lights along the pier flickered on one after another. Their rainbow glow swayed in the night sea breeze, scattering brilliant patches of color across the water and turning everything