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.

a cold look.

hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get the drinks already. Why do you have to make such

turned to Ryan, her eyes wide with disbelief. "Isn't this bar

businesses. It's technically

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

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

both thinking how shameless Darien really was. Using someone

how she'd deal with Darien or how

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

smirked. "The heiress is about to explode, isn't

said that, Ellie calmly asked, "What do you

in confusion. "Wait, what? Is she

Ryan stayed silent.

else, Keira grinned and said,

her tongue

the air, and Darien, ever smug, let out a

was pathetic, wasn't

and she was already back

waved a hand dismissively. "Just bring

raised an eyebrow. "There are two bottles of Romanée-Conti