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.

day out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to

saw someone that looked like lan, but I

really him and he thought I was cheating

Ally, and everything

way overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and I knew he

was gentle and warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

a super great fiancée either.I should’ve been honest with you about the Paris thing since day

but this smile was

smile that I didn’t

caught

I didn’t say anything

could do was

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

then I was just talking a walk

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact

means you're

you know?"I narrowed my

you they'll let you know, but they wouldn't

they'll contact you within a week because they already knew their

made a lot

also made me smile real

was really hoping

certain for me."I suppose, congratulations

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to

me and his gaze was penetrating so deep

away again, looking at

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

graduating in a couple of weeks and I might have just got hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked around the room, examining all the other art

as possible,

doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably the highlight of my

exhibition at a school featuring all your

art exhibition featuring all my works with

caught my

up at his face, asking him, "What are

a look around.Who do you think inspired all of

all the art pieces

glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything that he

I was the inspiration behind all

it was

didn’t wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer

I don’t

pointed to the big installation

hanging from the ceiling and some

was titled ‘277

took for me to

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year

"It was?"

that to myself, but I had said

shrugged like it was no

I felt a pang in

thought he'd

he was happy being with

didn’t know about all of

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

were starting to blur and I didn’t want him to see

boards you see in the airport.I went looking for you the day you left.I was too late though,

came to the airport?" I looked up at him instinctively, forgetting about the tears

"Yeah,"he said simply.

didn't you say anything? I thought

were already gone and I didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or to force you to turn around and come back

didn’t you come to find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I choked,

was unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration, it was too much of

motioned to the glass

down my face

in front of him and cry, so wiped them away quickly and

does this one mean?" I pointed to another

one’s a little embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking

"What?"

saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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