760 Chapter 759

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.

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 if she

Darien a cold look. "Your

his voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get the drinks

with disbelief. "Isn't this bar owned by your

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

most business dealings, with the Gill family

the real boss was. Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared charge her for anything. Most things

of course, loved bringing people here since

exchanged looks, both thinking how shameless Darien really was. Using someone else's bar

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

Ellie gave Darien a long look before letting out a soft laugh. There was bitterness, disappointment, and then…

smirked. "The heiress is about

that, Ellie calmly asked,

"Wait, what? Is she seriously going to

Ryan stayed silent.

and said, "Hold on. Let's wait

bit her tongue

question hung in the air, and Darien,

really was pathetic,

she was already

a hand dismissively. "Just bring

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

Darien's eyebrows shot up.

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