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

cold

voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get

with disbelief. "Isn't

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

most business dealings, with the Gill family acting as

run by the Cobbs, everyone knew who the real boss was. Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared charge her for anything. Most things went on a tab, settled at the end of

people here since

was. Using someone else's

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

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

smirked. "The heiress is

she said that, Ellie calmly asked, "What

what? Is she seriously going to play the

Ryan stayed silent.

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

bit her tongue and

in the air, and Darien, ever

was

him, and she was

dismissively. "Just bring us

two bottles of Romanée-Conti in