"She was pissed off that he chose you over her. Pepper was here without anyone since he was already preoccupied with a family. Well, less pissed off and more hurt, I'd say. But I'm here, and that's all taken care of," his fingers only pausing once while he tapped on his arc reactor. "Yeah, tell me about it. Almost lost Pepper over that whole 'let's not talk about how we feel and bottle it up' routine."
Then his brow quirked. "Watching him with Tony? Should I ask what that means?" Then he sat up and leaned forward, "Challenge...experiment...either one. Care to find out?"