"It could be for the best," Pepper agrees at length, biting her lip briefly. "I doubt neither one of us wants to deal with all that, and besides. Aren't we supposed to be happily wrapped up in each other? Turning off our phones would... make sense. Right?"

It's a totally legitimate reason, as far as their cover goes. So why does it feel like such an excuse, butterflies tickling at her belly at the thought of spending the whole day with Tony.