Pepper sighed. "I'd thought it was something like that but I didn't know for sure until you confirmed it for me." She took a drink from her own mug. "I wish I had good advice to give you or encouragement, but I'm not sure what should be said or done. I love Tony, I always have. I am sorry that my arrival has caused you distress, but I can't be sorry that I'm with him where he is. I don't lie to people I hoped to be on friendly terms with."