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.

quad when Tristan and I

saw someone that looked like lan, but I

really him and he

and Ally, and everything got all

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

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

this smile was different from all of

this hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t

was caught in a

and I didn’t say anything

I could do was

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

had a job interview earlier...and then I

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me within a

you're in,"he said

How do you know?"I

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

a week because they already knew their

a lot of

made me

was really hoping

me."I suppose, congratulations are in

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to

was penetrating so deep into my soul, I was

again, looking at anything

you been?"he said with his

might have just got hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked around

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

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

at a school featuring all

my works

caught my

looked up at his face,

look around.Who do you

motioned to all the art pieces all

the paintings and the installations, everything

that I was the inspiration behind

it was very

appear casual, so I just kept walking around

I

to the big installation

bottles hanging from the ceiling and some of them were

piece was

the bottles it took for me to finally hear your name out loud

"What...?"I gaped.

rough

"It was?"

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

it

felt a pang in my

this time, I thought

he was happy

about all

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at another

blur and I

one’s inspired by one of those boards you see in the airport.I went looking for

at him instinctively,

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I thought

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

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

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

the glass

trickling down my face and I

front of him and cry, so wiped

mean?" I pointed to

stifled a laugh, "I have a

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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