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 pretending to date

like lan, but I thought

and he thought I was

thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown up

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

and warm.Warm enough

"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

grinned a lot, but this smile was different

that I

was caught in a

move and I didn’t say anything else

I could do was

you to the city anyway?"he said after a while

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

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me within

you're in,"he

you know?"I narrowed my eyes at

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

week because they already knew their plans

a lot

me

was really hoping I'd get

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

"Thank you,"

my lip to stop myself from smiling

gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul, I was feeling self-

eyes away again, looking at anything other than

How have you been?"he

too bad.I’m graduating 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,

as casual as possible, if you didn't know that

to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide

exhibition at a school featuring all

my works with my muse in

word caught

up at his face, asking him, "What

do you think inspired all of

to all the art pieces

the paintings and the installations,

was saying that I was the inspiration behind all of

it was very

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

one? I don’t

the big installation in

glass bottles hanging from the ceiling and some of them were broken

piece was

bottles it took for me to finally hear your name

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough

"It was?"

to say that to myself, but I had said

like it was

felt a pang

I thought he'd

was happy being with

didn’t know about all

"What's this one?"

around quickly,

and I didn’t

the airport.I

looked up at him instinctively, forgetting about

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought

gone and I didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or to force you to

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

hospital.I was unconscious for days.I had severe

motioned to the

face and I hated myself

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

pointed to another painting,

"I have a confession to make...I've been stalking

"What?"

saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged you and

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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