Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 100: Artistic Mystery 

EMMA’s POV : 

"Well, I wasn’t expecting to see you here.But, what a great surprise,"he chuckled lightly, pausing for a beat before saying, "How did you know I was here?"

"I don’t.I just happen to walk by,"I replied.

"Wow, fate must have a great sense of humor,"he smirked.

I hadn’t seen him in two years and I forgot how much his smile or his eyes had an effect on me.

Quickly, I averted my gaze.

I didn’t want him to know how much of an impact his presence had on me.

"What is all this anyway?"

I blurted, trying to sound as nonchalant as I could.

"It's an art exhibition, of course.My art exhibition,"

he said matter-of-factly.

"Yours? Wait, but how? I mean, what?" I was stammering like an idiot.

He stifled a laugh and said, "It seems like you have a lot of questions.You're lucky I'm on my break, I'll be glad to answer all of them,"

He took a step closer to me and I stepped back involuntarily.

My eyes darted around the room and I noticed that the exhibition visiting hours had ended.

The door was closed shut and it was just the two of us in that room.

Suddenly I felt a shiver up and down my spine.

"I don't understand,"I said to him.

"Why are you exhibiting your work here? You're not working in that gallery with Ally anymore?"

"No.As it turns out, we don't have the same vision for the gallery,"he shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal.

That gallery meant the world to him, he poured out his time, heart, and soul into that gallery.

But here he was, making it look as if it was nothing.

"Why? I thought you two are..."

"Are what?"

"Together,"I said bitterly.

"No, we're not,"he shook his head.

"But, that night? You two were — "

"That night was a mistake,"he said firmly.

"I was ridiculously intoxicated and I was totally blacking out, I would've made out with a dude if he was in front of me,"he laughed.

"So, you weren't in love with her?"I had to repeat that again to make it clear.

"Fuck no,"he scoffed.

"We've been through this already.She was only a friend to me,"

He was shrugging and grinning, but I wasn’t amused.

That night was the night that scarred me for life.

I didn't understand, I thought he was being difficult with me because he wanted an out from our relationship to be with Ally.But if that wasn’t it...

"So, why did you break up with me then?"I asked.

"Because I thought you were cheating on me with someone else.But man, was I wrong about that too,"he rolled his eyes.

"Huh?"

"I saw you and your friend Tristan around your campus.I came because I wanted to apologize for the whole Paris program thing.But then I saw you two and you looked like you were kissing each other, so..."

' "Oh, that was..."

"Fake, I know," he cut me off, nodding his head and he said, "Your friend told me about it when I came looking for you,"

"So you knew I never cheated, why didn’t you try to get me back?"

"I was too late.You were already gone.And I've messed up so much already.I kissed another girl, drunk or not, that was an ass move.You clearly don't deserve that,"

It was starting to make sense now, all of it.

the quad when Tristan and I were

like lan, but

was really him and he thought

and Ally, and everything got

was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and I

was gentle and warm.Warm

"That's alright,"I smiled.

thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was so afraid," lan smiled, and

a lot, but this smile was

smile that I didn’t see on his face

was caught

and I didn’t say

was lamely stare

to the city anyway?"he said after a while of silence, breaking the thick air of

I was just

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me within

you're in,"he said

you know?"I

you they'll let

a week

a

made me smile

hoping I'd get

all the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations are in order?" he said

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to stop myself from smiling too

fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul, I was feeling self-

away again, looking at anything other

how are you? How have you been?"he said with his head cocked to the

hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked around

be as casual as possible, if you didn't know that

for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably the

exhibition at a

works with my muse in

word caught my

and looked up at his

you think inspired all of

to all the art pieces all over

eyes glanced over the paintings and

saying that I was

it was

casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look

this one? I

to the big

glass bottles hanging from the

was titled

for me to finally hear your name out loud without breaking

"What...?"I gaped.

rough year

"It was?"

meant to say that to myself, but I had said it

like it was no big

a pang in

time, I thought

thought he was happy

about

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly, pointing at another

to blur and I didn’t want him to see

you see in the airport.I went looking for you the day you left.I

at him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that were pooling in my

"Yeah,"he said simply.

say anything? I thought you

I didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or to force

come to find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I choked, holding back the

the hospital.I was unconscious for days.I

to the glass bottles

were trickling down my face and I hated myself

in front of him and cry, so wiped them away

this one mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate to change

"I have a confession to make...I've been stalking

"What?"

been following your social media.I saw the pictures you took or the pictures that people took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged you and he said something along

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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