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 put her to work? It'd be convenient for all of us if she

cold look. "Your

voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get the drinks already. Why do you have to make such a

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

"The Cobbs don't run businesses.

family held a special status and avoided most business dealings, with the Gill family

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, settled

bringing people here

was. Using someone else's bar

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

before letting out a soft laugh. There was bitterness,

is about to

Ellie calmly asked, "What do you all want to

Is she seriously going to play

Ryan stayed silent.

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

her

the air, and Darien, ever smug, let

girl really was pathetic, wasn't

him, and she was already back

hand dismissively. "Just bring

"There are two bottles of

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