It was probably a good thing that Tony was in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound. Pepper was letting a lot of those types of comments slide when she wouldn't have otherwise. Well played, Tony Sark.
"You aren't making me this way," Pepper replied reluctantly. She really didn't want to have this conversation. Really.. did not. "There was a blonde woman asking after you today and I got some strange text messages," she said finally.