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

that looked like lan, but I

out, it was really him and he

the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown

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

warm.Warm

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

this smile was

genuine smile that I

was caught

move and I didn’t

could do was

anyway?"he said after a while of silence, breaking the thick

a job interview earlier...and then I was

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me

you're

know?"I narrowed my eyes at

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

week because they already knew

a lot of

me smile

really hoping

suppose, congratulations are in order?"

"Thank you,"

my lip to stop myself from smiling

and his gaze was penetrating so deep into

away again, looking at anything other

how are you? How have you been?"he said with his head cocked to

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

trying 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 of my career

exhibition at a school featuring

art exhibition featuring all my works with my

word caught my

at his face, asking him, "What are you

a look around.Who do you

hands motioned to all the

paintings and the installations, everything that he

I was

it was

wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking

I don’t

big

bottles hanging from the

piece was titled ‘277

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

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year for

"It was?"

meant to say that to myself, but

just shrugged like it

felt a pang

I thought he'd moved

thought he was happy being

know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at another

blur and

the airport.I went looking for you

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought you

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

waited for days..."I choked, holding

the hospital.I was unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration, it

to the glass bottles

my face and I hated myself

and cry, so wiped them away quickly

to another painting, desperate to change

little embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been

"What?"

your social media.I saw 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

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made

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