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.

the quad when Tristan and

like lan, but I thought

and he thought I

to the whole Paris thing, and Ally,

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

and warm.Warm enough to

"That's alright,"I smiled.

about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was so

this smile was different from

hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t see on his face

was caught

and I

do was lamely stare at

you to the city anyway?"he said after a

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

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me

you're

you know?"I narrowed my eyes

you they'll let you know,

a week because

a lot

made me smile real

hoping I'd get that

congratulations

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to stop myself from

penetrating so deep into my soul, I was feeling

turned my eyes away again, looking

you been?"he said with his head cocked to the

graduating in a couple of weeks and I might have just got hired for a job in the New

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

lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably the highlight

exhibition at a

featuring all my works with my muse

caught

his face, asking him, "What are you talking

a look around.Who do you think inspired all of

all the

and the installations, everything that he had

he was saying that I was

was very

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 get

the big installation in the

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

was titled ‘277

me to finally hear your name out loud without breaking into

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year

"It was?"

that to myself, but I

it was no big

I felt a pang in

I thought he'd moved on so

was

about

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing

and I didn’t want him to see

boards you see in the airport.I went looking for you the day you left.I was

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought you

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

waited for

the hospital.I was unconscious for days.I

to the

my face and

stand in front of him and

mean?" I pointed to another painting,

laugh, "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 meal and he tagged you and

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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