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.

I noticed the staff is kind of short-handed. Why

cold look.

arm again, lowering his voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get the

eyes wide with disbelief. "Isn't this bar

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

most business dealings, with the Gill

Cobbs, everyone knew who the real boss was. Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared

bringing people here

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

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

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

heiress is about to

as she said that, Ellie calmly asked, "What do you all want

"Wait, what? Is she seriously going to play the

Ryan stayed silent.

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

bit her

air, and Darien, ever

really was

she

dismissively.

an eyebrow. "There are two bottles of

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