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 I were pretending to date in

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

and he thought I was

to the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got

such a shit fiancée,"he

was gentle and warm.Warm enough to

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

this

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

caught

move and I

was lamely stare

after a while of silence,

I was just talking

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me

you're in,"he

know?"I

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

within a week because they already knew their plans for

made a

made me smile

hoping I'd get

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

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to stop myself from

eyes were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so

my eyes away again, looking

you been?"he said with his

hired for a job in the

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

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

An art exhibition at a school featuring all your

exhibition featuring all my works with my muse

caught

moving and looked up at his face,

around.Who do you think inspired all of

the art

paintings and the

was saying that I was the inspiration behind all

it was very

to appear casual, so I just kept walking around

one? I

to the big

from the ceiling

piece was titled

bottles it took for me to finally hear your name out loud without breaking into

"What...?"I gaped.

rough year

"It was?"

say that to myself, but I had said

like it was

felt a pang in my

I thought he'd

thought he was happy being with

didn’t know about all of

"What's this one?"

quickly,

blur and

you see in the airport.I went looking for you

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I thought you

Paris for you.Or to force you to

come to find me sooner? I've waited for

unconscious for days.I

motioned to the

down my face and I hated

of him and cry,

pointed to another painting,

stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you a little

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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