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.

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

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

really him and he thought I was cheating

and Ally, and everything got

know it’s way overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and

was gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

but this smile was different

hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t

caught

I didn’t say anything else

do was

after a while

then I was just talking a walk around

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact

means you're

know?"I

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

they'll contact you within a week because they

a lot

also made me

really hoping I'd

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

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop myself from smiling too

eyes were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into

my eyes away again, looking at anything other than

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

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

to be as casual as possible, if you

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

a school featuring all

works with my muse in the

caught my

looked up at his face, asking him, "What are you

you think inspired all

all the art pieces

paintings and the

was saying that I was the inspiration behind all of

was

wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look at each and every one of the

this one? I don’t

to the big

glass bottles hanging from the

was titled

were all the bottles it took for me to finally

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough

"It was?"

to myself, but I had said

like it

I felt a pang

this time, I thought

he was happy being with

didn’t know about all of

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing at another

and I

those boards you see in the airport.I went

him instinctively, forgetting about the tears

"Yeah,"he said simply.

didn't you say anything? I

Paris for you.Or to force

you come to find me sooner? I've waited for

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

motioned to the glass

trickling down my face and

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

this one mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate to change the

one’s a little embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession

"What?"

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 something along the line

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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