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.

remembered that day out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to date in front

someone that looked like lan, but I thought it was

him and he thought I was cheating on

that to the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything

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

warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

lot, but this smile was different

this hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t see on

caught in a

I didn’t

was lamely stare at

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

I was just talking

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact

you're in,"he

How do you know?"I narrowed my eyes at

they'll just tell you they'll let you know,

you within a week because they

made a lot of

also made me smile real

really hoping I'd

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

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to stop myself from smiling too

eyes were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul, I was

eyes away again, looking

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

have just got hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said

casual as

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

exhibition at a school featuring all

exhibition featuring all my works

word caught

at his face, asking him, "What

around.Who do you think inspired all of

motioned to all the art pieces all over the

the paintings and the installations, everything that he had

that I was the inspiration behind all of

it was very

and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look at each

one? I don’t get

to the big installation in the

bottles hanging from the

piece was

it took for me to finally hear your name out loud

"What...?"I gaped.

rough year for

"It was?"

to say that to myself, but I had said

like it was

a pang in

this time, I thought

thought he was happy

about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at another

to blur and I didn’t

the airport.I went looking for you the day you left.I was

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought you

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

to find me sooner? I've waited

in the hospital.I was unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration, it was

to the

trickling down my face and I hated myself

stand in front of him and cry, so

I pointed to

stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you

"What?"

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 the line

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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