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

shot Darien a cold look. "Your

arm again, lowering his voice to hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get the drinks already. Why do you have to make

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

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

and avoided most business dealings, with the Gill family acting as

Whenever Ellie came here, no one dared charge her for anything. Most things went on a tab, settled at the end of

bringing people here since he didn't have to

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

she'd deal with Darien or

letting out a soft laugh. There was bitterness, disappointment, and then… a touch of relief, like she'd just

heiress is about to explode, isn't

that, Ellie calmly asked, "What

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

Ryan stayed silent.

Keira grinned and said, "Hold on. Let's

bit her tongue and

and Darien, ever smug, let

was pathetic, wasn't

she was already back

waved a hand dismissively.

"There are two bottles of Romanée-Conti in the

Darien's eyebrows shot up.

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