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.

out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to date in front

like

and he thought I was cheating on

the whole Paris thing, and Ally,

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

was gentle and warm.Warm

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

and grinned a lot, but this

that I didn’t see on

caught in a

couldn't move and I

do was

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

had a job interview earlier...and then I

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact

you're in,"he said

know?"I narrowed

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

within a week because they already

made a lot

made me

really hoping

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

"Thank you,"

lip to stop myself

fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul, I was feeling

away again, looking at anything

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

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

was trying to be as casual as possible,

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

a school

featuring all my works with my muse

word caught my

his face,

you think

to all the art pieces all over the

glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything that he had

that I was

it was

appear casual, so I just kept

one? I

big installation in the

the ceiling and some

was titled

all the bottles it took for me to finally

"What...?"I gaped.

rough year for

"It was?"

meant to say that to myself, but I

it

felt a pang in

time, I thought he'd moved on

was happy being with

didn’t know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

to blur and I didn’t want him

by one of those boards you see in the airport.I went

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought

ruin Paris for you.Or to force you to turn

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

unconscious for days.I had severe

to the

down my face

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

to

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

"What?"

following 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 and he tagged you and he said

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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