Though he was playing it entirely cool on the surface, Tony was more than excited that Pepper had been spit up by the seal. Disturbing imagery aside, Pepper had been a very important part of Tony's life before he'd turned up here. She had kept him in line and, maybe even more importantly, she seemed to know and understand him more than most people did. Whether or not that came with the job Tony wasn't entirely sure, but he liked it and he was about a hundred and ten percent convinced that there was not a single other person in the world that could take her place. And by claiming to be convinced of that fact, Tony was possibly - well, maybe possibly - willing to admit that he had tried to replace her. Ever since he'd gotten his money back, Tony had hired three different PA's, none of which had lasted more than a couple days at a time before he'd gotten exasperated with them and had dismissively given them a different position working alongside his other employees.
But now Pepper was here. She'd make things right again.
It wasn't just about the work either. Tony respected and cared for Pepper, which was more than he could say about most of the women he'd interacted with in the past. There was something special about her, something important ; Tony knew that much without question, because he felt a similar special importance with Felicia whenever he was around her, too. They were important women in his life and Tony was interested in seeing them meet for the first time. It was important that they did. It was even more important that they got along, because they mattered more to him than anyone else in this whole universe right now. Again: not something that Tony was going to up and admit right away, but there it was.
Dressed in an extremely expensive suit, Tony peered over at Felicia as she climbed into the back of the limo in a very attractive choice of attire. Flashing her a smirk, Tony extended the glass of scotch (also extremely expensive) that he'd poured prior to her dropping in her way before taking a drink from his own. "Not too far from here," Tony answered, tilting his head to the side to get a better look at the clothes that Felicia had put on. "Which is lucky. I want to see her as soon as possible for business reasons." Not because he had missed her. That would be silly.