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.

on her feet, flashed a sly 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

shot Darien a cold look. "Your family's

lowering his voice to hiss, "Stop

her eyes wide with disbelief. "Isn't this bar

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

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

was. Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared charge her for anything.

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

both thinking 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

letting out a soft laugh. There was bitterness, disappointment, and then… a

"The heiress is about

said that, Ellie calmly asked,

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

Ryan stayed silent.

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

bit her

in the air, and Darien, ever smug, let

really was pathetic, wasn't

him, and she was

dismissively. "Just bring

an eyebrow. "There are two bottles of Romanée-Conti in the bar.