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.

it's 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?

shot Darien a cold look. "Your

he grabbed her arm again, lowering his voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get the drinks already. Why

to Ryan, her eyes wide with disbelief. "Isn't this bar

"The Cobbs don't run businesses. It's

status and avoided most business dealings, with the Gill family acting

by the Cobbs, everyone knew who the real boss was. Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared charge her for anything.

of course, loved bringing people here since he

thinking how shameless Darien really was. Using someone else's bar

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

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

heiress is about

said that, Ellie calmly asked, "What do you

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

Ryan stayed silent.

say anything else, Keira grinned and said, "Hold on. Let's wait and see what happens

bit her tongue

the air, and Darien, ever smug, let

girl really was

sentences from him, and she was

a hand dismissively. "Just bring us

bottles of Romanée-Conti