Chapter IV

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As Tony Stark's personal assistant for many years, Pepper Potts has become accustomed to all kinds of non-human behaviors of his boss, but Isbelli's appearance still shocks her.

"So you're adopting a baby from me?"

Pepper's eyes widened as she looked at Isbelli, whom Tony was holding.

"Ah, to be precise, it was adopted by Rod, not me, it was Jarvis who took care of her, and she had nothing to do with me."

"Yes, how can you hide such a thing from me??? Is today April Fool's Day? You're deliberately playing tricks on me, right? ”

"Maybe Tony has a fate with her, he was his little lover in his last life......" Rod took over on the side, and picked up a handful of linen light blonde hair and shook it, "It's really fateful, Miss Potts, you see, the color of her hair is the same as the color of Tony's eyes." ”

"Oh God, that's not the point, the point is how can you hide it from me?" Pepper raised her hand and covered her head, looking frenzied.

Tony still looked calm, throwing Isbelle a game console to play. "You can treat her as if she were the famous paintings I bought, she is beautiful anyway, and she can be used as a vase to decorate the room." He turned to get a drink, and said as he went: "Please, Miss Potts, Bailey is very well-behaved, you can raise her as you like, such as taking her to kindergarten to take a bath, feed, buy clothes, etc., after all, no matter how strong Jarvis is, he can't do everything." ”

"Tony?"

"OK, I'll give you a raise."

"Tony! It's not a question of money or not, how can you just pick up a child and raise it, and hide it from me! "Pepper is really going crazy.

"I'm sorry Miss Potts, but I've tried a lot of people trying to give up Bailey, but they all failed, she only likes Tony......" Rod stroked his head.

"Colonel Rhodes, then you can't hide it from me, do you know that raising children is not so simple......"

"Is there any difference between raising a dog and a cat, isn't it all about feeding some food and buying some toys."

"Tony !!"

"I'm not deaf, you don't have to speak so loudly, watch your voice, dear Miss Potts." Tony looked indifferent, took a sip of the kiwi juice in the cup, then turned his head and asked the girl on the sofa, "Fresh juice, if you want to drink it, you can let Miss Potts squeeze a portion for you." ”

"Okay." Isbelle nodded, but she didn't tell Pepper Potts, who was nearby, to squeeze another amount of kiwi juice for her, because she didn't like juice at all, but she wouldn't say it.

Tony licked his lips, looked at Pepper who was in a violent state, and spread his hands: "If you don't want to help Rod take care of her, I have no opinion, anyway, she is not my adopted daughter." ”

"......" Pepper certainly didn't mean that, but she was just upset that Tony was hiding something from her. She glared at Tony, "I didn't say I wouldn't take care of her. ”

Rod suddenly jumped up with emotion: "Thank you so much, Miss Potts, Tony is so lucky to have a beautiful and kind woman like you to take care of you!" ”

"You're welcome, Colonel Rod, but I want to know what's going on with Bailey's heart." Pepper asked.

"Don't worry, the heart transplant is scheduled for three months later, a boy who is brain dead, and his parents are currently taking him around the world, saying that they want him to see the beautiful earth again."

If it weren't for the fact that Isbelle was too weak to have a heart transplant when she was young, Tony would have replaced her with that fragile heart a long time ago. Although she is not his daughter, he hopes that she will be healthy and safe and can grow up like a normal child.

Doctors checked Isbelle regularly every week, and when she turned three, he told Tony that he could start preparing for surgery.

"So all these years, Bailey has been living in Baby Paradise? Why didn't you tell me earlier, I could have taken care of her, how could you have left her alone in that kind of place? ”

After knowing the whole thing, Pepper obviously couldn't understand what Tony and Rod were doing.

"As grateful as I am, I don't think there's anything wrong with Babyland, they take good care of Isbelle, don't they?"

Tony doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with his behavior, but Pepper is once again speechless by his ridiculous behavior, and she decides not to talk nonsense with him anymore, but walks over to Isbelle on the couch.

"Hi Bailey, I'm Pepper Potts, Mr. Stark's assistant, it's a pleasure to meet you, you're so cute."

Pepper gave her the most gentle and bright smile.

Isbelli is playing a puzzle game of knocking eggs, and her little fingers stubbornly knock on the middle one every time, no matter how many times the system prompts an error, she still only knocks on the middle one.

"Dear little princess, say hello to Miss Potze." Rod walked over and touched her little head lowered.

Isbelli raised her head, her little face under her bangs was expressionless, and her beautiful royal blue eyes were not in focus at all, she looked at Pepper and said lightly: "Hello." ”

“……”

Pepper was a little overwhelmed, she had seen many children, both naughty and well-behaved, but it was the first time she had seen a child like Isbelli, and she had no innocence that a child should have, she was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, and she didn't make any waves.

After greeting Pepper, she lowered her head and played the game in her hand, still only knocking on the egg in the middle, as if she couldn't see the system prompt saying "Error".

"Tony ......," Pepper wanted to say to Tony.

"I've got to go out with Rod, dear Miss Potts, please take care of Bailey for me, thank you."

Tony Stark hadn't seriously observed anything wrong with Isbelli from beginning to end, and he didn't pay much attention to her, as he himself said, just like a cat, a dog, and a pet, so he naturally didn't notice her repeated behavior, and left the sentence and walked out.

"Wait, Tony!" Pepper chased after him.

Rhodes did have another urgent mission, so he had to leave Isbelle behind for the time being. "Little princess, I'm sorry, I'll be back as soon as the mission is completed, you're here to be good, okay?"

“……”

Isbelle looked up at him, then waved goodbye to him.

Rhodes touched her face and turned to leave.

Esbelle was the only one left in the large room, and she clicked on the egg in the middle again, dropped the game after getting an error prompt, and then climbed from the couch to the window, and when she stood up, she could see Tony Stark downstairs.

"Where are you going......"

She spoke to herself, slowly closed her eyes, and after a few seconds they opened suddenly, the expression on her face changing to an age-appropriate gloom for a moment.