My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Keira instantly pieced things together.

From the story Ellie had shared and the bits of conversation they overheard, it became obvious—Darien had been putting on this whole "rich playboy" act all along. But the truth was, all of Darien's money came from Ellie.

And that so-called commoner girlfriend of his? She had no clue about any of it and actually believed Darien had made it big on his own.

Why was Ellie always around Darien? Well, Darien had told his girlfriend that Ellie was just the daughter of one of his family's servants.

Keira let out a sarcastic laugh, realizing just how brazen this man was. She had never seen anyone with skin this thick in her life.

The rest of the group, each sharp in their own way, caught on as well when Keira scoffed, finally grasping what was going on.

Erin's eyes went wide in disbelief.

Ryan furrowed his brows and looked at Ellie, stunned at how thoroughly his sister had been taken advantage of.

His lips tightened as he stayed quiet.

Ellie, still in shock, turned to Darien and asked, "Did you really tell her that? I mean, I thought—"

Before she could finish, Darien shot up and cut her off, "Why are you here, Ellie? Whatever it is, let's talk outside."

He casually patted Mollie on the shoulder to calm her down before walking over to Ellie, his eyes darting to the people behind her.

He could tell right away that they all came from money. Just like Ellie, they were probably clueless, privileged, rich kids who spent their time goofing off. Without missing a beat, Darien grabbed Ellie's arm and pulled her to the side, lowering his voice. "Why did you come here? And what were you about to say?"

Tears welled up in Ellie's eyes. "Why did you tell your girlfriend I'm the daughter of one of your servants?"

Darien sighed. "I didn't want her to find out about us. If she knew, she'd call you a homewrecker. Ellie, I'm sorry. I know it's not fair to you, but I didn't want people bad-mouthing you."

gaze to the

stopped talking in the car, saying things like,

one of those moments? Was this what everyone was

had a way of twisting

all, Mollie was his girlfriend and Ellie… well, she was

I won't ask about that anymore. I just

would I set that up? Mollie already told you she was behind it. Did something happen to you? Ellie, I'm sorry if Mollie's actions hurt you. She's from a small town; she

stunned. Her lips quivered as she quietly said,

maid to slip something into your food.

it was no big

my brakes. I almost

shock as he grabbed her arm tighter. "Are you serious? You're okay, right? Ellie, you didn't get hurt,

felt a surge of emotion, and her eyes reddened. "I'm fine,

God you're okay. If

I knew you wouldn't

when you

hypnotic, and Ellie couldn't help but believe

head dropped, and tears filled her eyes. "I knew you'd never hurt me,

it wasn't

it wasn't his

glinted with satisfaction. It was always so easy to manipulate girls like Ellie. These rich, sheltered girls had no clue how the real world worked. All it took were a few

had she survived the crash? If she had died, the insurance payout would have set him

be a trust-fund kid anymore. He'd actually

credit cards, pretending to be wealthy while secretly

on you? Mollie's been acting out lately, and I think a designer bag might calm

took all my money to invest for me. I only have