Pepper shouted "The Notary's here!" before adding "Snuffles, come back here, mister!" Ace shivered and ran over to the boxing ring, jumping onto the stage as Tony replied "I'm on Happy's time!"
Ace then watched Tony box with Happy before elbowing him in the face! Ace covered his mouth with his paw and looked at Happy, who glared at Tony, saying "What the hell was that?!" Tony hopped on his feet, replying "Mixed martial arts… It's been around for… three weeks now."
Happy pointed at him with the glove, saying "It's called Dirty Boxing and there's nothing new about it!" he turned to Ace and said "You seein' this, Snuffles?!" Tony rolled his eyes and said "You're talking to a cat, you know that, right?"
Happy looked back at him saying sarcastically, "Yes, I'm aware. Put 'em up, come on." Ace sighed to himself and turned his head before pausing as a new woman walked in. Tony and Happy stopped before looking over as well.
The woman looked at Tony and Happy before walking over to Pepper, who said "I promise this is the last time I'll ask you to sign over your company." as she took the clipboard from the woman.
Ace looked the woman up and down as Happy knocked on Tony's head, saying "Lesson one, never take your eye off the-" before Tony kicked him in the pads and continued punching the pads, making loud sounds.
Ace looked back at Tony, who turned around and said "What's your name lady?" as he pointed at her and drank Chlorophyll from a bottle. The woman cleared her throat and said "Rushman. Natalie Rushman."
Tony pointed at the boxing ring and said "Front and Center. Come into the church." Ace was startled and Natalie walked over. Tony held the ropes open and she walked in, staring at him.
Meanwhile, Ace was behind her… He looked at her bending over and almost meowed again but held it in and turned around, following Tony to the chair Pepper was sitting on.
Tony sat down next to her, asking "Who is she?" as he tapped on the table.
Ace was standing on the table and Tony shoo'd him away as Pepper said "She's from Legal. And Possibly a very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit if you keep ogling her like that." Tony said "Oh yeah?" as he pushed Ace to the side, adding "Do you want to be chinese food? Cus you're on my last nerve here."
Ace moved to the otherside of the table, snorting as he laid down, slapping his tail on the table. Tony looked at him, asking "You testing me right now?" Pepper rolled her eyes and said "Stop fighting with the cat please. God…" Tony looked at the hologram on the table, replying "He started it." before shouting out "How do you spell your last name, Natalie?"
Natalie was in the ring with Happy, she turned to Tony and said "R-U-S-H-M-A-N. Rushman." Tony muttered "Rushman…" as he typed her name into the search bar on the table.
Ace looked at the search results as Pepper sighed, "You're googling her now?" Tony quipped, "I thought I was ogling her." before swiping through Natalie's details, adding "Oh wow. She can speak French, Italian, Russian, Latin…" then turned his head to Pepper, asking "Who speaks Latin?" before turning back.
Pepper rolled her eyes replying "Nobody speaks Latin. It's a dead language." as Tony enlarged a underwear modeling photo.
Ace looked at the photo before tapping the screen with his paws, bringing up Natalie's language portfolio. He tilted his head as Tony slapped his paw, tapping on the picture again, saying "Chinese food, tonight. Understand?"
Before anything else could be said, there was a loud thud and all three turned to the ring to see Natalie pinning Happy to the ground in an elbow lock!
Pepper and Tony got up to go see what happened while Ace tapped on the screen and swiped through Natalie's portfolio again, narrowing his eyes.
Indeed, who does speak Latin?
Not to mention, apparently Natalie is proficient in Jiu Jitsu.
What kind of legal secretary is proficient in Jiu Jitsu?
He swiped through a few more files before labeling Natalie as 'suspicious' in his mind.
He turned back to Tony and Pepper, who were watching Natalie leave. Tony looked at Pepper and said "I want one." to which Pepper replied "No." with a smile.
Ace watched Natalie leave while waving his tail in the air.
Another week passed
Ace was sitting in a car on Pepper's lap as they arrived at a viewing area for the Monaco Grand Prix. This was all the efforts of Ace's masterful techniques!
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Pepper was packing her things for Monaco while Ace jumped into her purse. She picked him up and put him down on the couch, saying "No, Mr. Snuffles, you can't come." Ace looked up at her and his eyes started watering as his tail curled around him sadly.
Pepper looked at him for a few seconds before saying "Don't." Ace meowed sadly and Pepper sighed "Fine! Be good, understand! Stay with mama."
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Ace had a smug smile on as he thought of his masterful acting that was in no way embarrassing!