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 in

knew I saw someone that looked like lan, but I thought it

out, it was really him and he thought I was

that to the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown up

was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and

was gentle and warm.Warm

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

this smile

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

caught in

and I didn’t say anything else

was lamely stare at

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

then I was just talking a walk around the

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me

you're in,"he

How do you know?"I narrowed my

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

you within a week because they already knew

made a lot

made me

hoping I'd

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

"Thank you,"

to bit my lip to stop

and his gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul, I was

my eyes away again, looking at

you been?"he said with

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

casual as possible, if you didn't know

about you? You don’t seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably the highlight

exhibition at a school featuring

art exhibition featuring all my works with my

word caught my

at his face, asking

do you think inspired all of

the art pieces all

and the

that I was

was very

over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept

this one? I don’t get

the big

of glass bottles hanging from the ceiling and some of them were broken

was titled

took for me to finally

"What...?"I gaped.

rough

"It was?"

that to myself, but

shrugged like it

I felt a pang in

thought he'd moved on so

he was happy being with

know about all of

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at another

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

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

airport?" I looked up at him instinctively, forgetting about

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I thought you just gave

I didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or

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

unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration,

to the

face and I

didn’t wanna stand in front of him and cry, so wiped them away

pointed to another painting, desperate

he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession

"What?"

the pictures you took or the pictures that 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 of ‘my girlfriend made

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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