My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Darien was stunned.

He looked at Ellie in disbelief, unable to process the fact that she wasn't going to help him. His voice rose, "Ellie, what game are you playing?"

Ellie's cold gaze never wavered. She said nothing.

Beside them, Mollie looked confused, glancing between Ellie and Darien. She asked cautiously, "Darien, what's going on?"

Before he could answer, Ellie laughed. "What's going on? Still don't get it? Your 'rich boy' here is nothing but a fraud! He saved my life once, so I gave him money, but you really thought he was some kind of heir? Let me tell you…"

She stepped closer to Mollie. "He's unemployed, has no income, and his parents? They're farmers who used every penny they had to put him through college."

Mollie was dumbfounded. "No way… that can't be true!"

Seeing her disbelief, Ellie scoffed.

Darien couldn't hold it in any longer. "Ellie, that's enough! If you keep this up, I'll never forgive you!"

Ellie's voice was icy. "Forgive me for what? What have I done wrong? I'm just done giving you money, Darien."

"How could you do this to me?!"

Ellie stared him down. "When you bribed my maid and tampered with my car, did you stop to think why I'd turn my back on you?"

Darien was shocked. "You knew? No, it wasn't me, it was Mollie—"

Ellie found his reaction laughable.

she might have fallen for this same

so blind, trusting this man so much, believing every lie etched into his

he was someone special, but now it all

him. "Stop lying, Darien. Just pay the

words, the manager immediately tightened his grip on Darien's wrist. "Mr. Britt, if you don't pay up, you'll be

manager twisted Darien's wrist, causing

okay! I'll pay!

let go. "Then show

through the machine. "There's only twenty grand here, and

at his card, a

really. She had even put money into his account to keep him

the irony was clear

with Ellie. "Ellie, please. I'm sorry, I really

Ellie's expression didn't change.

distance, Erin paused from munching on pistachios, suddenly looking concerned. She whispered to Keira, "You

knew Ellie to answer, so she

have fallen for him for three and a half years? Especially under the delusion that she'd been the "other

by love was this

an opinion, but instead, she found herself looking at Lewis,

cleared her

stepped forward, entering her view again. He

"Pay up."

cut through the air, as cold as