Page 29 of Auctioned to the Billionaire Stalker

That’s when the door opened and Leo Salazar burst in. “Who’ve you got for me, sis?” He glanced at us and rubbed his hands together.

It was hard to believe that Leo, with his fair skin, blue eyes, and blond hair, was related to his siblings. They all had olive complexions and dark hair, though many of them did have blue eyes. Carmen and Javier were the only ones who’d completely taken after their Spanish father and had both dark hair and dark eyes. Leo, on the other hand, was the only sibling out of the six to look exactly like Gloria, his Southern mother.

She gestured to the two of us. “I thought Ray Ann and Daisy would be best for what you’re looking for.”

He narrowed his eyes as he looked us over critically like we were cows he was considering buying for his farm.

Jelly narrowed hers right back. “You know what? I don’twantto work at Bahia Del Sol,” she said, standing up. “I makeway more here than I would there.”

Leo grinned at her. “God, I forget how much I love that attitude of yours, Jelly.”

“Ray Ann,” Carmen corrected automatically.

“Whatever,” he said, giving us his best smile. I tried not to get sucked in by his charm. Leo was truly hot as hell. All the Salazars were. It was ridiculous how good-looking they all were.

Leo’s blue eyes glittered as they passed over us now. “Don’t worry about the tips, ladies. I’ll double whatever it is you make here. I accidentally let too many women go on vacation from the rooftop bar. I told Carmen I wanted two of her hottest, prettiest,classiestwomen.” He put emphasis on that last quality. “I want the waitresses at Bahia del Sol to look hot enough to be the kind of women men are dying to get in bed, but also classy enough that it would be realistic to think they could be society girls. You two are perfect for that.”

Jelly and I exchanged a quick glance again. Why did Carmen and Leo think of us to fit that bill? Why did they think we were perfect? I thought all of my roommates had those qualities in spades.

“Oh, and I want y’all for the entire week.”

Carmen let out a groan.

“What? You wouldn’t want my restaurant to suffer would you?” He turned his big, blue eyes on his older sister.

Leo and his twin brother Joaquin, who looked nothing like him but was equally hot, owned several restaurants in West Bay. Bahia Del Sol was their premier location. It had a rooftop bar that rivaled the Salazar clubs in popularity as a hot night spot for West Bay’s young society crowd.

“Don’t try those puppy dog eyes on me, little brother. I’m not sure I can let them offall week, Leo. These are two of my most popular hostesses. You said a couple of nights.” Carmen looked a little pissed.

Leo sauntered over, sat down beside me, and threw an arm around my shoulder. He didn’t even try to hidethat he was looking down my shirt. “I just don’t think a couple of nights is enough for us to get to know each other properly. What do you think, Daisy?” He leaned closer to me and stared deeply into my eyes.

I tried to hide a grin, but I couldn’t quite manage it. I knew how Leo was. We all did.

“Don’t even think about it,” Carmen said.

Leo groaned, stood up, and leaned dramatically against the wall. “Don’t tell me; she’s going in the auction. Can I fuckeitherof them?”

“Nope. They’re both going in the auction soon. Hands to yourself, asshole.”

I looked at Jelly in surprise, but she wouldn’t meet my eyes. She hadn’t told me anything about going into the auction soon.

Leo sighed. “You’re no fun at all.”

But then he turned from his sister and was suddenly all business in a way I hadn’t ever seen from Leo.

“Seriously, though,” he said, “y’all are just what I was looking for. If you could start tonight, that would be great. Just show up at five to get your uniforms. Wear your hair up and makeup the same way as you would here. This will be for seven nights,” he continued, ignoring Carmen’s dramatic sigh, “and I’ll pay you what you would’ve made here, plus salary and tips from Bahia Del Sol. Sound fair?”

“I might have a date Saturday night. Could I get someone else to replace me…”

“Glory,” Leo said without missing a beat.

“Fuck that,” Carmen practically growled at him. “I can’t be down mythreemost requested hostesses on a Saturday night, Leo.”

He thought about it. “Abbi? Nora?”

Carmen sat back and looked like she was mentally going through shift assignments. “Abbi. She was going to be off on Saturday, anyway.” She looked at me. “Can you handle getting her to take the shift, Daze?”

I nodded and breathed an inward sigh of relief. I could stillgo on the date with Jack Lancaster.