Chapter 9

Celia POV

I looked over at Alex and frowned slightly.

Alex immediately understood what I meant.

He cleared his throat, raised his hand to hold up the bluetooth headset he habitually wore in his left ear, and walked past Leon and me.

He deliberately lowered his voice a few notches, pretending he was on the phone.

"Boss, that was embarrassing just now! I was cursing Alpha Leon, and he overheard me! He's the one who bought out that sculpture you liked! Forget it, let him have it! We'll buy something else later!"

With that, Alex walked away.

I looked at Leon and raised an eyebrow with an innocent look on my face.

"Alpha Leon, that guy seems to be cursing you!"

Leon's eyes fell on me with a probing look.

"You don't know him?"

I shook my head. "No! Alpha Leon, do you know that man? Why did he say that?"

Leon narrowed his eyes. "You still haven't answered me. What are you doing here?"

I sighed with chagrin, "I heard that they were hiring waitresses here today, so I came over for