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.

today, huh? Since this is your family's bar, I noticed the staff is

a cold look.

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

eyes wide with disbelief. "Isn't this

run businesses. It's

special status and avoided most

while 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

loved bringing people here since he didn't

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

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

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

heiress is about to explode,

she said that, Ellie calmly asked,

she seriously going to

Ryan stayed silent.

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

her

the air, and Darien, ever smug,

girl really was pathetic, wasn't

sentences from him, and she

waved a hand dismissively.

are two bottles of Romanée-Conti in the bar. Want

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