Iris leaned forward to kiss him on the lips, but the office door burst open. Iris turned and saw a man in odd looking overalls walking toward them. He looked upset. Behind him was a mousy short woman.

"Mr. Agreste!" The receptionist came into the room as well. "I'm sorry I couldn't stop him!"

The man rolled his eyes at the woman. "I told you this is important." He turned his head toward Gabriel. "Angeletta is being difficult again! She is running us behind!" He threw his arms in the air. "She does not want to wear the outfit picked for today's photo shoot! She wants to wear something that is "more flattering"." He did air quotes as he imitated the model.

Iris couldn't help, but let out a giggle.

The man noticed her and stared at her for a moment. It took him a second to realize who Iris was. He looked back at Gabriel. "I can't do a fill in because the only other model who has the same measurements is out with the flu.

Meanwhile the woman who came in with the man. Started to eye Iris. She pulled out her tape measure and started to measure Iris.

"Excuse me?" said Iris. "Please ask."

"Sorry," said the woman she turned to the man. "Lorenzo, she's prefect."

His eyes  twinkled. "Prefecto!" He then leaped toward Iris and grabbed her hands. "Please take Angeletta's place!" He then let go of her hands. "Ah! Where are my manners? I am Lorenzo! I am one of Gabriel Agreste's top photographers." He puffed out his chest in pride. "I started after your disappearance." He then waved his hand at the woman. "And this is my assistant Fifi."

Iris grinned. "Charmed."

"So," said Lorenzo as he clapped his hands. "Will you help me out?"

"Well," Iris said slowly. "I was planning to come back after Christmas, but l'll help out." She glanced at Gabriel with grin. "If Gabriel doesn't mind."

Iris jumped off the desk. Excitement filled her eyes. She was so happy that Gabriel was letting her do this. Plus he was going to watch! It would be like the old days!

"Prefecto!" Lorenzo cried in delight as he turned to assistant. "Fifi!"

"Yes, sir!" the woman replied. She brimming with excitement as well.

"Take Mrs. Agreste down to the dressing room."

Iris smiled. "Please call me Iris."

He looked back at her and returned her smile. "Ah now I see where Adrien gets the smile from."

Iris chuckled. "Well Adrien did get the modeling gene from me." She glanced at Gabriel. "As for this one. He has a nice a smile when he decides to show it." She patted Gabriel on the cheek and gave him a teasing smile.

Lorenzo clapped his hands. "Let's get going. We have a deadline after all."

Fifi grabbed Iris by the arm. "Let's go then. We have do your hair and make up as well."

Iris nodded her head and allowed Fifi to guide her out of the room. Instead of taking the elevator they took the stairs down to the dressing room. When the entered the dressing room, Iris saw a woman sitting in front a vanity. She wasn't looking through the mirror. Instead she had her head down and was clearly on her phone.

"Angeletta," Fifi said clearing her throat. 

"Can I wear what I want now?" the woman replied. She didn't look up from her phone.

"No you have been replaced."

"WHAT!?" Angeletta finally turned around in her chair. Angeletta like Iris had long blond hair and did have a similar figure. The only differences were their facial features and Angeletta had blue eyes. She noticed Iris at once. She scowled at her. "I figured this would happened."

Iris raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

Angeletta got up and walked toward them. "The boss's wife has returned and gets all the special treatment." She then walked passed them out the toward.

Iris let out a sigh. Great she could already tell she had a new rival. She hadn't one since Charlotte which was years ago.

"Iris, we need to get moving," Fifi spoke up.

"Oh! Of course!" 

Fifi got to work and got Iris ready for the photo shoot. Once she got into the clothes, Fifi took Iris to the photo shoot room. Gabriel and Lorenzo were there waiting for them. Iris grinned at Gabriel. "How do I look?"

Gabriel exhaled as she entered, his heart pounding with excitement to see her ready to model again. She always looked perfect in his designs. "Beautiful," he answered with a grin. He couldn't wait for her to be permanently back to work. "Now you have to show me you haven't gotten rusty after all this time," he teased.

Iris grinned and poked his chest. "I guess we'll see about that." She then walked over to Lorenzo and the photo shoot commence.

The photo shoot went smoothly. Iris was posing like a natural as usually. She was having a ton of fun. Both Lorenzo and Fifi were growing on her. She hoped that they would be working together more in the future. Lorenzo was so funny!

After the shoot was over, Iris walked over to Gabriel. "Am I rusty?" She gave him a smirk.

Gabriel rubbed his chin and pretended to mull over the question. "Hmm.. Considering you've been gone for six years..." He paused for a moment as if getting ready to deliver some bad news. "I'd have to say.. You're a natural like always." He smiled at her. This had to be the most relaxed he'd felt at work in a long time. Surprisingly enough, the morning's drama was starting to disappear from his mind.

Iris couldn't stop grinning. She was really happy to see Gabriel was enjoying himself. Iris yanked on his tie and pulled him closer to her. "I'm a natural in other areas too." She then kissed him. Iris backed away and laughed. "Sorry. I'm having too much fun."

Gabriel could feel his cheeks flushing as she pulled him closer and kissed him. He was vaguely aware that Lorenzo and Fifi had not left the room yet (they were cleaning up for the next shoot), and this public display of affection left him feeling flustered. 

"I.. uh..." he stuttered as his mind caught up with his voice. "We're going to have to talk about your office professionalism," he finally answered, trying and failing to look displeased. "Why don't we go back to my office and talk about ground rules." Or make out. Hopefully, without any more interruptions.

Iris held back at laugh. She was caught up in their flirting she forgotten that the others were still in the room. "Of course, Mr. Agreste. Let me go change first."

After Iris got back into her clothes, Gabriel and her went back upstairs to his office. She closed the door behind them and locked it. She had a feeling Gabriel wanted some privacy. Iris joined him on the couch. "Sorry about kissing you like that. I got caught up in the moment." She grabbed his hand. "It was nice though. We're slowly being ourselves again."

Gabriel leaned against her and gently squeezed her hand. "It was nice," he agreed, "I haven't enjoyed being at work like this for a long time." He paused a moment before adding, "But we really need to keep our more intimate moments to ourselves when we're at work. Just imagine how annoying some of the models would be if they decided they were allowed to flaunt their relationships at work the way we just did."

Iris nodded her head. "Alright. You make a good point." She moved closer to Gabriel. She then smiled at him. "Well now we can be intimate again." Iris kissed him.

The next few hours Gabriel and Iris enjoyed each other's company in his office. Iris ended up helping Gabriel with ideas for next his clothes lines. It was a nice afternoon. 

They left the office together to go pick up Adrien after school. He didn't anything in schedule for once. Gabriel parked the car in front of the school. Iris saw Adrien walking down the steps with his friends. She rolled down the window and popped her head out. "Adrien!" She waved at his son.

Iris turned her head to look back at Adrien. Gabriel was driving away from the school. "Very well! Tomorrow morning Paris Weekly will admit their mistake." She smiled at him. "If not they will face the wrath of your father!"

Adrien nodded and murmured, "That's good."  Hopefully, the rest of Paris would believe the correction. They could just as easily think his father paid the paper a bunch of money to silence them on the matter. At least he'd been able to convince the principal and his teacher that everything was fine; even if they still seemed worried. He wondered if he should tell his parents about that...

"So," Iris said. "How was school?" She was still looking at him directly.

Meanwhile Marinette and Alya were walking to a fabric store. Marinette wanted to look at the sewing machines. Since her mother's old one broke Marinette has been saving up. She wanted to compare the prices from the store to online prices. Alya offered to tag along.

They entered the store and walked over to an aisle which had the sewing machines. Marinette started to look at them. She then got out her phone and pulled up a site she has been looking at recently.

"Are they cheaper here?" Alya asked.

"Hmm," Marinette replied. "They are about the same prices."