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.

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

Darien a cold look. "Your

expression tightened for a second, but he grabbed her arm again, lowering his voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get the drinks already. Why do you

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

run businesses. It's technically

avoided most business dealings, with the

Cobbs, everyone knew who the real boss was. Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared charge her for anything. Most things went

loved bringing people here

Erin exchanged looks, both thinking how shameless Darien really was. Using someone else's bar and trying to kick out the owner? The

she'd deal with Darien or

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

"The heiress is about to

that, Ellie calmly asked, "What

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

Ryan stayed silent.

grinned and said, "Hold on. Let's

bit her tongue

the air, and Darien, ever smug,

was pathetic, wasn't

from him, and she was already back

hand dismissively. "Just bring us

are two bottles

Darien's eyebrows shot up.

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