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Angelina smiled. It truly was good for Lily. She loved fieldwork and any sort of marine creature so this job would be perfect for her. “Yeah. She starts right after graduation though so Renata will need to watch Aria for her while she’s at work.”As expected, Eddie didn’t think it was a big deal either. He shrugged. “That shouldn’t be a problem.”“I just wish graduation was sooner. I want to be done with homework and sitting in a French café eating some sort of delicious pastry.”“You’re so close; you can do it! But I have to admit I’m looking forward to it as well. The only vacation I’ve been on in years was going to D.C. and we didn’t have much time for sightseeing.”Angelina reached out to rub his shoulder. Neither of them had ever had much opportunity to have fun. That was probably part of why they got along so well. They had spent a lot of time the past year doing things they had missed out on together.“Well, that definitely won’t be a problem from here on out. You and I should
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Once all of the pictures were done, their group headed out to dinner. Edward had offered to treat everyone because it wasn’t as if he couldn’t afford it. The Bennett parents had been surprised yet pleased.Mark ended up talking to him the most since he didn’t know many people here well and those he did were otherwise occupied. Lily was engaged in conversation with her grandparents, who had come down for the occasion and Genevieve was vying for Angelina’s attention.“We’re leaving Sunday night for France so I want you to check in on Aria every day after the housekeeper leaves,” his boss told him. “We’ll be gone for a week.”“Babysitting isn’t exactly in my job description. I have almost no experience with kids,” Mark hedged. Aria meant more to Edward than anyone aside from his wife. Putting him in charge of her was a terrible idea!Edward snorted. “You wouldn’t be babysitting. I just want you to go over there and make sure everything is okay with the babysitter and see if she needs any
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The conversation ended there the first day Mark was sent to check up on Aria and Lily but he was prepared on the second. He went home first to get into something more comfortable and decided he may as well hang out for a while since he was going to be there anyway. It wasn’t like he had anything better to do.She was in the middle of making cookies while her niece helped when he arrived. Her eyes were bright and she had multiple streaks of flour on her in various places as she vigorously stirred in the chocolate chips Aria was pouring eagerly.“You’re such a good helper!” Lily praised. “We’ll have to take a picture when we’re all done to show your mom and dad what a good job you did.”Aria beamed at her. “Okay!”Mark couldn’t help but smile at their interaction. It was really cute. Lily truly was an expert toddler wrangler. They didn’t need his help at all but he definitely wanted to get a cookie for bothering to come here.“Mind if I snitch some of that dough when you’re done?” he as
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On Saturday, the day before Edward and Angelina came back, Mark ended up checking on them in the morning and joining them as they went out for the day because he had nothing better to do. Or so he told himself. He could have been relaxing at home but, at this point, it was impossible to resist the pull Lily had over him. She had invited him over early and he couldn’t say no.Lily wore a greenish gray t-shirt with white doodles of pine trees on it over a pair of white shorts. Today’s earrings were little silver leaves and were fully visible since her hair was back in a messy braid.The color of her shirt made her eyes pop and she looked absolutely beautiful. He had to expend quite a bit of effort not to stare at her throughout the day.They took Aria to the park after her morning nap, went home for lunch, then back out again to a nearby children’s museum. Lily seemed to enjoy the exhibits nearly as much as she did and it was adorable.“Mark, look at this!”He looked as she requested an
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Lily had a hard time getting what Angel said about Mark when Donovan came to visit out of her head. ‘If that guy cares about anything, he cares about you.’ Was that really true?She kept an eye on him trying to figure that out for herself over the next six months and came to the conclusion that her twin was right. He did care about her but she didn’t know in what capacity. It didn’t seem like he was willing to do anything about it either way.The only reason it mattered was to satisfy her own curiosity. Not knowing had been driving her crazy!Ignoring it and allowing things to carry on as usual was her only option but she hated how much everyone teased her about it. So what if she could finally admit she liked him? It wasn’t going to go anywhere so there wasn’t a point.Lily didn’t know who had hurt him to the point of dismissing any and all attachments but she was willing to bet it had something to do with how he grew up. Not that she had a lot of information about that either. All s
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Mark bent down and picked up Lily’s skateboard, tucking it under one arm along with his, before taking her by the hand and leading her out of the skatepark. He found a secluded spot with no one else around before speaking again.He still refused to look at her and shifted nervously. “I won’t ever be able to forget it because of how long I’ve been wondering what it would be like to kiss you. Are you happy now?”It took her a couple seconds to process this but as soon as she did, her face turned red and she turned on him accusingly. “I knew you liked me! Why didn’t you say anything?!”“…was I that obvious?”“Kind of. Answer the question.”Mark sighed. “I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to like you. I didn’t want to like anyone. Unfortunately for me, you’re irresistible so I let myself get in way too deep. I didn’t want to act on it and ruin everything.”Lily squinted at him. That was somehow both a compliment and an insult. She wasn’t sure what she was supposed to think about
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Mark noticed the hurt in her voice and immediately denied it. “Lily, no! That isn’t what I meant!”“Then what did you mean?” Lily demanded. “Am I that terrible? I know I was rude before I understood you better but I already apologized about that. I think you’re a great person—I wouldn’t like you if I didn’t.”“I…I’m afraid of my feelings getting bigger and warping to the point that they turn me into something I’m not. I would rather run away from them than take that sort of risk.”“And you didn’t take mine into account at all.”She sniffed crossly and looked away but that belied how disheartened she was. He wasn’t even willing to try! What was she supposed to do about that? She didn’t want to lose him but it wasn’t like she could force him to be with her in a romantic sense or even stay friends. It might be too awkward to do that after this little confrontation.“I’m sorry,” Mark said quietly. “I wasn’t even positive you liked me until now so I didn’t think of your side of things.”Li
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Angelina had a wonderful belated honeymoon. It helped her momentarily forget about all her problems but they came crashing back down around her when she got home and suddenly found herself a stay-at-home mom for the first time since Aria was born.She wasn’t used to this. Spending time with her daughter was great and all—she had changed her plans because she wanted to do that more—but doing it constantly without having much variation in her activities started to get to her after a few weeks. She needed to find something else to fit in her schedule before she lost her mind.She and Eddie went on a date at least once a week and they usually hung out with Lily’s friends on Fridays but that wasn’t enough. She needed more mental stimulation than this!He saw her struggling and recommended she try some new clubs or hobbies while she was figuring out what to do with the rest of her life. That was easier said than done but she did her best.Angelina learned how to crochet beanies and made mor
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