All Chapters of She's No Beauty Queen: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

At this point, Angelina wasn’t even sure whether she wanted to win or not. She would have to leave her sweet baby for the better part of a year but it would also give her a ton of scholarship money. Using money she had earned for herself on her education instead of relying on Eddie was tempting.In addition to that, winning would postpone the wedding another year. If she lost…she would have to marry Eddie immediately as stipulated in the contract.State titleholders were only allowed to compete in the Miss Americana pageant once even though they were allowed to compete in the lower pageants down the chain multiple times. This was her only shot to be able to beat her mother.Somehow, the thought wasn’t as satisfying as it once was. She had no idea what she actually wanted.Angelina was in her third year of online school. If she kept up with her coursework after becoming Miss Americana, she should be able to start applying for medical schools before her reign ended and start up in the f

At the two-week mark, Angelina had given up all hope of being rescued. She spent every second she wasn’t singing completely numb.The man—she still didn’t know his name because he lived alone and never bothered to introduce himself—came home with a furious expression at the end of his workday and shoved his phone in her face. “What is this? Why are your personal social media accounts being updated still when you’re here? Are you a fake?”She squinted at the screen. What on earth? She hadn’t taken either of those pictures. They appeared to be at volunteer events that were on her schedule that she hadn’t been able to make it to because she was stuck here.Her life as Miss California was low on the list of her priorities right now but she had wondered what they were doing in her absence more than once. Was some crazy doppelgänger posing as her taking advantage of the fact that she was missing or did Eddie find a substitute?Did that mean he was looking for her after all? But if it was a

“Lily, you really can’t do this. Whatever happened with your twin is not your responsibility. You still have your entire life ahead of you. Don’t throw it away on the off-chance this works,” Mark said with a pained expression.Lily was surprised to hear that coming from him. Here she thought he would do anything to help his boss.“You won’t change my mind,” she sniffed before turning to Eddie. “Are you going to help me or not? Because I’ll do this by myself if necessary and find someone else to send the tracking signals to.”He could see she wasn’t going to back down from this and acquiesced reluctantly. “Fine. But you’re getting trackers put all over you so there isn’t a chance of us missing your signal. I’m sure the guy I hired knows where to get some if he doesn’t own any already but it might take a day or two to get a hold of them.“Until then, you’re not allowed to leave Mark’s side. Got it? I won’t put you at more risk than absolutely necessary. And I’m coming with you to all of

Angelina was fairly certain she was hanging on to what remained of her sanity by a thread. She had sung the entirety of several musicals by now using the books her captor brought her and still didn’t have the slightest hope of being rescued.She had four seizures without her medication, couldn’t see properly so she had a constant headache, and still hadn’t been able to shower. She did her best to clean herself with the soap and water available in the sink of the half bath she was allowed to use but it was sort of a moot point without a change of clothes.Since being shown those pictures from her social media accounts, she had been torturing herself wondering what on earth was going on and whether or not Eddie even noticed she was gone. Maybe he really didn’t care and had decided the imposter was a better mother for Aria because she was willing to stay at home with her instead of wanting her own life.The thought threatened to destroy her because she knew she wasn’t a good mom. How cou

Mark was in a bad mood the entire time he escorted Lily to that cocktail party. He knew exactly why too. Her words in the car earlier hit him right where it hurt.One of the people he admired most in this world—the one who had given him motivation to chase his dream after all hope was lost—thought he was spineless. Even worse was that she wasn’t completely wrong.The main thing he cared about was not living in poverty ever again and he couldn’t exactly tell her that when she asked. Just about everything else fell under that umbrella.Her accusation about feeling guilty if anything happened to her was true but not only because he had been the one to drag her into this. Mark cared about what happened to her because she was one of the rare people he genuinely liked.Lily was perhaps the most fascinating person he had ever met. Bright, quirky, passionate, and brave. Everything he wasn’t.She didn’t let anything stop her and hadn’t for as long as he had known her. His seventeen-year-old se