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.

day out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to

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

was really him and he thought I was cheating

the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything

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

warm.Warm enough to melt my hardened

"That's alright,"I smiled.

since day one.I didn’t know why

and grinned a lot, but this

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

caught in a

I didn’t say anything else

could do was

said after

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

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me within

means you're in,"he

you know?"I narrowed my

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

they'll contact you within a week because they already knew their

made a

me

really hoping I'd

congratulations are in order?" he

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop myself

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

my eyes away again, looking at anything other than

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

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, examining all the

was trying to be as casual as

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

art exhibition at a school featuring

exhibition featuring all my works with my

word caught my

stopped moving and looked up at his

around.Who do you think inspired all

all the art pieces all over the

and the installations, everything that

saying that I was

was very

wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room,

I

big installation

of glass bottles hanging from the

piece was titled

it took for me to finally hear

"What...?"I gaped.

rough

"It was?"

say that to myself, but I

it was no big

felt a pang

time, I thought he'd moved on so

he was happy

about

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing at

to blur and

one of those boards you see in the airport.I went looking for you the day you left.I was too

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just gave up...so

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

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

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

motioned to the glass

were trickling down my face and

of him and cry,

one mean?" I pointed to another painting,

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

"What?"

the pictures that people took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made

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