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.

your family's bar, I noticed the staff is kind of short-handed. Why don't we

shot Darien a cold look.

arm again, lowering his voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just

wide with disbelief. "Isn't this bar owned by

don't run businesses. It's

family held a special status and avoided most business dealings,

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,

people here since he

Erin exchanged looks, both thinking how shameless Darien really was. Using someone else's bar and trying

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

gave Darien a long look before letting out a soft laugh. There was bitterness, disappointment, and then… a touch of relief,

is about to explode,

as she said that, Ellie calmly asked, "What do you all

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

Ryan stayed silent.

else, Keira grinned and said, "Hold

bit her tongue and

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

was

sentences from him, and she was already

hand dismissively. "Just

two bottles of Romanée-Conti in