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.

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

a cold

grabbed her arm again, lowering his voice to hiss, "Stop

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

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

avoided most business

was. Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared charge her for anything. Most things went on a tab,

bringing people here since he didn't have

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

Ellie, waiting to see how she'd deal

letting out a soft laugh. There was bitterness, disappointment, and then… a touch of relief, like she'd

"The heiress is about to explode, isn't

said that, Ellie calmly asked, "What

Is she seriously going

Ryan stayed silent.

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

her

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

really was

him, and she was already back

hand dismissively. "Just

raised an eyebrow. "There are two bottles of Romanée-Conti