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.

Tristan and I were

someone that looked like lan,

was really him and he thought I

Ally,

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

was gentle and warm.Warm enough

"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 smiled, and I

smirked and grinned a lot, but this smile was different

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

caught

and I didn’t say anything

do was lamely

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

a job interview earlier...and then I was just talking a walk around the

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me within a

means you're

How do you know?"I

tell you they'll let

they'll contact you within a week because they

a

me

hoping I'd

it all the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations are in order?"

"Thank you,"

to

on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into

my eyes away again, looking

how are you? How have you been?"he said

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

as casual as possible, if

doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m

exhibition at a school featuring all

exhibition featuring all my works with my muse in

word caught my

moving and looked up at his face, asking

do you think inspired

the art pieces all

paintings and the installations, everything that he

saying that I was the inspiration behind

it was

wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look at each and every one

one? I

pointed to the big installation in

hundreds of glass bottles hanging from the

was titled

to finally hear your

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough

"It was?"

to myself, but

just shrugged like it was

felt a

I thought he'd moved

was happy

know about all of

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing at another

eyes were starting to blur and I didn’t

boards you see in the airport.I went

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

didn't you say anything? I

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

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

unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration,

to the glass bottles

face

and cry, so wiped

mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate to

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

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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