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.

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

Darien a cold look. "Your family's

hiss, "Stop wasting time. Just get the drinks already. Why do

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

don't run businesses.

Cobb family held a special status and avoided most business dealings, with the Gill family

officially run by the Cobbs, everyone knew who the real boss was. Whenever Ellie came here, no

here

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

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

before letting out a soft laugh. There was bitterness, disappointment, and then… a touch of relief, like

"The heiress is about to explode,

she said that, Ellie calmly asked,

what? Is she seriously going

Ryan stayed silent.

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

bit her tongue

the air, and Darien, ever smug, let out

girl really was pathetic,

and she was already back

hand dismissively.

bottles of Romanée-Conti in the bar.

Darien's eyebrows shot up.

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