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

like lan, but I thought it

really him and

and Ally, and everything got all blown

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

gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my hardened

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

this

that I didn’t see on his face

was caught in a

I didn’t say

was

you to the city anyway?"he said after a while of silence, breaking the

then I was just talking a walk around the

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me

you're in,"he

know?"I narrowed my

in, they'll just tell you they'll let you know, but

a week because they already

a lot

me smile real

really hoping I'd get that

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

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to stop myself

penetrating so deep into

eyes away again, looking at anything other

been?"he said with his head cocked

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

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

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

exhibition at a school

my works with my

caught my

at his face, asking him, "What are

a look around.Who do you

hands motioned to all the art

over the paintings and the installations, everything that

was the inspiration behind

it was very

just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look at

I don’t

pointed to the big installation in the

the ceiling and some

was

to finally hear your name out loud

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year

"It was?"

that to myself, but I had said

shrugged like it

felt a pang in my

this time, I thought he'd moved on so

was happy being with

know about

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly, pointing

and I

one’s inspired by one of those boards you see in the airport.I went looking for you

up at him instinctively, forgetting

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I thought

already gone and I didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or to force you to turn around and come back

you come to find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I choked,

hospital.I was unconscious for days.I had severe

the glass bottles

were trickling down my face and I hated myself for

front of him and cry, so wiped them away quickly and

to another painting,

a little embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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