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.

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

Darien a cold

tightened for a second, but he grabbed her arm again, lowering his voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just

wide with disbelief. "Isn't this bar

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

held a special status and avoided most business dealings,

here, no one dared charge her

here

exchanged looks, both thinking how shameless Darien really was. Using someone else's bar and trying to kick out the owner? The

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

letting out a soft laugh. There was bitterness,

is

asked, "What do you all want

she seriously going to

Ryan stayed silent.

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

her tongue and

the air, and Darien, ever smug, let

really was pathetic,

she was

a hand dismissively.

bottles of Romanée-Conti in the bar. Want