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.

when Tristan

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

really him and he thought I was

whole Paris thing, and Ally, and

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

gaze was gentle and warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

super great fiancée either.I should’ve been honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was so afraid," lan smiled, and

smirked and grinned a lot, but this smile was different from all

genuine smile that I didn’t see

was caught

couldn't move and I didn’t say anything else

do was

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

earlier...and then I was just talking a walk

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me within

you're

you know?"I

didn't get in, they'll just tell you they'll let you

they'll contact you within a week because they

a

me smile real

really hoping I'd get

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

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop myself

gaze was penetrating

my eyes away again, looking at

been?"he said with his head

in a couple of weeks and I might have just got hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked

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

be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his

art exhibition at a school featuring

art exhibition featuring all my works with my muse in

caught

moving and looked up at his

around.Who do you think

all the art pieces all

the paintings and the

he was saying that I was

was

I didn’t wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room,

this one? I don’t

big installation

from the ceiling and some of them

piece was titled ‘277

it took for me to finally hear your

"What...?"I gaped.

rough

"It was?"

that to myself, but I had said

it

felt a

thought he'd moved on

thought he was

didn’t know about all

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at

starting to blur and

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

looked up at him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that were pooling in my

"Yeah,"he said simply.

didn't you say anything? I

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

find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I

unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration, it was too

to the glass bottles

my face and

stand in front of him and cry,

to

a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you a little bit.Virtually, not

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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