My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

At the mention of this, a flicker of panic flashed across Darien's face.

Next to him, Mollie shot him a hesitant look.

Her friends, however, began exchanging glances between Darien and Ellie.

One of them asked, "Mollie, what's going on here? Is your boyfriend faking this rich kid act?"

Mollie immediately turned to Darien, her tone sharp. "That's impossible! Darien, are you going to let the servant's daughter talk to you like that? She's totally out of line!"

Darien shot up from his seat, storming over to Ellie. He grabbed her arm roughly. "Ellie Cobb, have you had enough?"

Ellie jerked her arm free.

Keira and Erin took a step forward, ready to help, but Ryan stopped them.

Ryan simply said, "The Cobb family doesn't need anyone to fight their battles."

Keira rolled her eyes. "Fine, if that's how the Cobbs handle things. But we're still going to have a nice little chat with Darien later."

So, the group stood by, watching the scene unfold.

Darien, seeing Ellie pull away, scoffed. "Stay if you want, just don't get in my way."

With that, he turned to Mollie.

busy in here today, huh? Since this is your family's bar, I noticed the staff is kind of short-handed. Why don't we put her to work? It'd be

shot Darien a cold

to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get

Erin turned to Ryan, her eyes wide with disbelief. "Isn't this bar owned by

Cobbs don't run businesses. It's technically under the

a special status and avoided most

while the bar wasn't officially run by the Cobbs, everyone knew who the real boss was. Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared charge her for anything. Most things went on a tab,

loved bringing people here since he

thinking how shameless Darien really was. Using

turned back to Ellie, waiting to see how she'd deal with Darien or how

to their surprise, Ellie gave Darien a long look before letting out a soft laugh. There was bitterness, disappointment, and then… a touch of relief, like she'd just realized something important.

"The heiress is about

that, Ellie calmly asked, "What do you all want

in confusion. "Wait, what? Is she seriously going

Ryan stayed silent.

Keira grinned and said, "Hold on. Let's wait and see

her

question hung in the air, and Darien, ever smug, let out a

girl really was

sentences from him, and she was already back

waved a hand dismissively. "Just bring us

are two bottles of Romanée-Conti in the bar. Want