Who: Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner When: July 13, 2014 Where: Stark Tower What: Pepper has something to confess to Bruce, and there are a few things they should talk about.
Pepper honestly didn't know what Doom had told Bruce about what had prompted the dictator to let him go, or about how his freedom had been secured. As they had never discussed it, she assumed Doom had told him little, or nothing. For the time being, that suited her. She had taken on an enormous responsibility, something that was very personal, and Pepper wasn't certain how Bruce would feel about it. Leaving him in the dark had given her time to do some planning before speaking to him, but it had been too long.
Peter was industriously working on what she'd asked him to do, and it didn't seem right to put things off any longer. After considering the options, Pepper invited Bruce to the Tower, ostensibly for lunch with her and Tony - who would be downstairs in his lab, ready to join them should she need him, or should they come to the actual lunch portion of the date.
Debating whether or not she should have invited Peter, Pepper decided it might be best to wait, and spring that on Bruce after she explained everything to him.