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 date in front of

someone that looked like lan, but

was really him and he thought I was cheating on

that to the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown up

such a shit fiancée,"he said,

was gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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,"

but this smile

hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t see

caught in

couldn't move and I didn’t say anything else

could do was lamely

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

I was just

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me within a

means you're in,"he

know?"I narrowed my eyes at

they'll just tell you

contact you within a week because they already knew their

a lot

me smile real

was really hoping I'd

suppose, congratulations are in order?" he said

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to stop myself from

on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into my

turned my eyes away again, looking at anything other than

are you? How have you been?"he

for a job in the New

be as casual as

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

An art exhibition at a

exhibition featuring all my works with my muse in

caught

at his face, asking him, "What are

a look around.Who do you think inspired all of

to all the art pieces all

paintings and the installations, everything that he had

saying that I was the inspiration behind all of

was very

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 of

one? I

pointed to the big installation in

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

was titled

bottles it took for me to finally hear your name out loud without

"What...?"I gaped.

rough year for

"It was?"

that to myself, but I had

it

I felt a pang in

this time, I thought he'd moved on so

he was

didn’t know about all

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly,

to blur and I didn’t want him

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

instinctively, forgetting about the tears that

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just

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

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

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

to the glass

face

of him and cry, so wiped

one mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate

he stifled a laugh, "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

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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