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.

on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to date

knew I saw someone that looked like

was really him and he thought I

the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got

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

gaze was gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

wasn’t a super great fiancée either.I should’ve been honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was so afraid," lan smiled, and I

but this smile was different

genuine smile that I didn’t see

was caught in a

and I

I could do was

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

I was just talking a walk

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me within a

you're

How do you know?"I narrowed my eyes

in, they'll just tell you they'll let you know, but they wouldn't say

a week because

made a

me smile real

really hoping

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

"Thank you,"

lip to stop myself from smiling too

on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul,

away again, looking at anything other than

been?"he said with his head cocked to

might have just got hired for a job

casual as possible, if you

doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said,

exhibition at a school featuring all

featuring all my works with my muse

caught

his face, asking

around.Who do you think inspired all

all the art pieces

the paintings and

he was saying that I was the

it was very

appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look at each and every one of the

I

pointed to the big installation in

from the ceiling

was

me to finally hear your name out

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year

"It was?"

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

it

a pang in

time, I thought he'd moved on

was happy being

about all

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly, pointing at another

and I didn’t want

boards you see in the airport.I went

looked up at him instinctively, forgetting

"Yeah,"he said simply.

say anything? I thought

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

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

was in the hospital.I was unconscious for days.I had

the

down my face and I

and cry, so wiped

pointed to another painting, desperate to change the

"I have a

"What?"

the pictures that people took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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