All Chapters of She's No Beauty Queen: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

They went to dinner at McDonald’s because Aria wanted to go somewhere with a play place. She zipped off to crawl through the series of tunnels and slides without bothering to wait for her food.Lily was slightly surprised that these two were willing to stoop to the level of fast food but they didn’t seem bothered by it. She had noticed that they tended to cater to their daughter’s interests far more than their own anyway.Angel got a burger with fries and a milkshake and groaned appreciatively. “I can’t remember the last time I had a hamburger before this. No more pageant diets for me!”She frowned. “How often were you able to have them before?”“I was allowed to have them when I was a kid but my mom got on my case big time about gaining weight once I hit puberty. The last time I had one was when I was pregnant. Hamburgers were a serious craving.”Eddie laughed. “Yeah, I feel like I brought you home burgers from the drive thru every other day on my way home from work.”Angel’s face tu

Lily thrived on everything she was learning at her internship. After being told how to operate the ROVs, among other useful things, everyone was able to start their research. For her that involved watching everything Dr. Manheim already had on vampire squidsShe spent days staring at a screen watching the footage, taking notes, and talking to him about how his research on the subject was going. He seemed simultaneously pleased to talk about it and frustrated that there wasn’t more information readily available, which made sense considering how mysterious the creatures were.She was so entrenched in her internship that she didn’t even have time to worry about seeing Mark again until Friday rolled around and she remembered she had to dress up nicely before going into her internship because he would be picking her up and taking her to the courthouse immediately after she got off. She hated dressing up but it wasn’t like there was a real risk of getting her dress dirty since she was sitti

Lily’s confusion about what Mark said in the car continued to bother her throughout dinner. Eddie didn’t notice anything was up with her because he was too caught up in what his new wife was saying, somehow managing to seem blissfully happy and miserable at the same time.She barely managed to keep up with their conversation as she tried to figure out what this new development meant. He said so himself he never had feelings for anyone but he basically admitted to liking her as a person if nothing else.Though she could vainly be trying to fit herself where she didn’t belong. He could be talking about someone else entirely.The chances weren’t high though. From what she could tell he didn’t have any friends aside from his boss. And there were quite a few clues from their interactions she was only now putting together that pointed to her being the mysterious person whose opinion he valued.The real question was why. Why her? What made her so special when she hadn’t even been able to rem

Angelina was relieved Miss Americana was over and done with. It had been hanging over her head for most of her life.She had known for the past three years that as soon as it was over she was going to have to marry Eddie but that had been stressful considering her rocky history with him. Even after things started getting better she wanted it out of the way so he would realize she wasn’t going anywhere and would stop acting weird.She didn’t know how long it would take to make that happen because she knew she screwed up really badly when they went to San Diego. He acted like he was fine but somehow give off a bittersweet aura at the same time ever since they sort of cleared the air.Her engagement ring had become a wedding ring but nothing else felt different. When they got home after the wedding and dinner they did the same nightly ritual they always did.Angelina was trying to take things slowly because she wasn’t sure what she felt for him and she was still dealing with the trauma o

Thankfully, Mark showed up before Lily’s mother could guilt trip her anymore. She hurried out the door and hoped she wasn’t going from the frying pan into the fire.To think she rushed into something she had been dreading for weeks! That showed exactly how much she hated being lectured. Sometimes you had to choose the lesser of two evils and right now that was the chameleon.He was dressed casually in a pair of cargo pants and a t-shirt where chibi Deadpool and Groot from the Marvel comics were wearing onesies that looked like each other. Right now he looked like the sort of person she enjoyed hanging out with but looks could be deceiving. You can’t judge a book by its cover indeed.“Nice shirt,” Lily told him.Mark looked down as if he had forgotten what he was wearing and laughed. “Thanks. It showed up in a Facebook ad and I couldn’t resist getting it.”She hadn’t realized he was on Facebook. Not that it mattered. They weren’t friends—they were more like unfortunate acquaintances. T