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

someone that looked like lan,

and he thought

Ally, and everything

overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such a shit fiancée,"he

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 I mean

grinned a lot, but this smile was

genuine smile that I

caught in a

move and I didn’t say

do was lamely stare

brings you to the city anyway?"he said after a while

job interview earlier...and then I was just talking

"A job interview?"

New

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me within

means you're

do you know?"I narrowed my eyes at

get in, they'll just tell you they'll let you know, but they

you within a week because they already knew their

made a

made me

was really hoping I'd get that

it all the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations

"Thank you,"

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 feeling self-

my eyes away again, looking at anything other

you been?"he said with his head cocked

a job in the New

as casual as possible, if

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

exhibition at a

works with

word caught my

at his face, asking him,

a look around.Who do you think inspired all

hands motioned to all the art pieces all

and

was saying that I was the inspiration

was very

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 look at each and every

one? I don’t

to the big installation in

bottles hanging from the ceiling and

was

took for me to finally hear your name

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year for

"It was?"

to say that to myself, but I had

it was no

a

thought he'd moved

he was happy being with

didn’t know about all

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly, pointing

starting to blur and

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

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I

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

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

for days.I had severe dehydration,

to the

my face and I

wanna stand in front of him and cry, so wiped them

one mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate

"I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you a little bit.Virtually,

"What?"

that people took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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