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.

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

cold

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

to Ryan, her eyes wide with

shrugged. "The Cobbs don't run businesses. It's technically under the

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

the bar wasn't officially run by the Cobbs, everyone knew who the real boss was. Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared charge her for anything. Most things

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

really was. Using someone else's bar and trying

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

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

is

calmly asked, "What do you

"Wait, what? Is she seriously going to play

Ryan stayed silent.

said, "Hold on. Let's wait

her

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

girl really was pathetic,

sentences from him, and she was already back

waved a hand dismissively. "Just bring

eyebrow. "There are two bottles