All Chapters of She's No Beauty Queen: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Eddie got up to get the remotes before resuming the position he was in before. Angelina had told him to do what he would have done if he wasn’t holding himself back so she had to wonder how many times they sat here watching movies with Aria when he wanted to cuddle with her.Was that why he usually sat on her other side? To be able to stop himself from doing something he thought would make her uncomfortable? That was both incredibly considerate and incredibly sad.She sat there watching the show—which was admittedly hilarious—half-heartedly because she couldn’t help but wonder how many other ways he restrained himself so he wouldn’t supposedly burden her with his affection. She knew from watching him with Aria over the years that he was an extremely affectionate man.An extremely affectionate man that didn’t know how to express himself very well. It was water under the bridge now but she was low-key bitter that she felt so alone all that time when she could have been enjoying this. Cu

The real question was with what. After having time to think about it, Angelina realized she didn’t want to go to medical school and miss so much of her daughter’s life.Her priorities had been completely rearranged after her brush with death. She needed to see Miss Americana through to the end but she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do after that was over and done with.She would like to be able to experience some normal things for people her age. Since she never got the chance to be a normal kid, she should at least try to be a normal woman in her twenties. At least as much as she could be with a child and fiancé in tow.Angelina could easily spend the rest of her life living off of Eddie’s money but she didn’t want to do that. She still wanted to do something to help kids like her that suffered with neurological conditions.What could she do though without going all the way to medical school? She supposed there was always the PR route. She did have plenty of experience. She would hav

“Are you sure you’re alright?” Mark asked with a frown.“Yes. But honestly, why do you care? I’m not needed for your job anymore,” Lily replied with narrowed eyes.He had really screwed things up for himself, hadn’t he? Just because he needed to get his job done and may have been a little harsh in the process didn’t mean he didn’t care about her! He probably cared about her well-being and happiness more than anyone else’s aside from Edward.He sighed and ran a hand down his face in exasperation. “I’m not as heartless as you think I am. I happen to have a vested interest in your well-being completely separate from my temporary job as your handler. Anyway, you clearly don’t want me here so I’ll go. Feel better, Lily.”Mark left her sitting there dumbfounded, regretting what he said already. Why did he have to go and tell the truth because he was frustrated? Now she was going to wonder why!Whatever. He didn’t have to explain himself. He was never going to see her again. Let her live her

“So, are we going to go in?” Lily asked.Eddie shook his head. “We’re waiting on one more person.”She was about to ask who that could possibly be when the man in question arrived. Mark. What was he doing here?! Wasn’t his relationship with the Todd family all business? Who had invited him?He looked a lot different than usual though. Instead of his signature suit, he was wearing jeans, red sneakers, and a blue t-shirt with the Avengers logo on it. It was jarring how normal he looked.“You like the Avengers?” Lily blurted. Donovan was a huge Marvel fan so she had seen a lot of those movies.Mark gave her a blank look. “Yeah. Is that so surprising?”“A little. Sorry.”She shouldn’t have said anything at all. Curse her and her inability to keep her mouth shut! He was probably still angry with her about what happened last time. They hadn’t had any contact with each other since, not that there had been reason to.“We should go in now,” Angel said cheerfully, breaking the awkward silence t

Lily turned beet red. She actually remembered that because she had borrowed a burn she saw online to reply to that boy’s ridiculous comment. She hadn’t remembered when it happened though. Of course it would have to be the year Mark was in her class.“You remember that?!”“Yes, because it was amazing.” He turned to Eddie and said, “Her glasses fell off while she was doing a cartwheel and some kid in our class said she looked better without them. She said that he looked better without her glasses too.”He snorted. “Wow. Way to sock it to him. I almost feel sorry for the guy for daring to cross you.”“I was fourteen!” Lily protested, still blushing fiercely.Angel chose that moment to return to the table and looked between everyone in confusion. “What are you guys talking about over here?”“Lily’s colorful past,” Eddie informed her.“Stop ganging up on me,” Lily muttered. “There’s nothing wrong with being against sexist tropes like ‘women are only pretty when they aren’t wearing glasses.