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.

quick on her feet, flashed a sly smile. "Darien, 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? It'd be convenient for all of us if she grabbed

shot Darien a cold look. "Your family's

arm again, lowering his voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get the drinks already. Why do you have

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

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

special status and avoided most

came here, no one dared charge her for anything. Most things

of course, loved bringing people here since he didn't have

really was. Using someone

how she'd

There was bitterness, disappointment,

"The heiress is about to

as she said that, Ellie calmly asked, "What

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

Ryan stayed silent.

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

bit her

in the air, and Darien, ever

was pathetic, wasn't

sentences from him, and she

waved a hand dismissively. "Just

are two bottles of