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.

out on the quad when Tristan and

saw someone that looked like

out, it was really him and he

that to the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got

such a shit fiancée,"he said, and I knew

gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

great fiancée either.I should’ve been honest with you about the Paris thing since day

and grinned a lot, but this smile was

that I didn’t see on his face

was caught in a

couldn't move and I didn’t say

was

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

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

"A job interview?"

New

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me

you're in,"he

know?"I narrowed

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

within a week because they already knew

a

also made me smile

hoping I'd

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

"Thank you,"

to

fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul, I

turned my eyes away again, looking

How have you been?"he said with his

got hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked around the room, examining all

was trying to be as casual as possible,

don’t seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide

a school featuring all

exhibition featuring all my works with my muse in the

word caught my

looked up at his face,

you think inspired all of

all the art pieces all over the

glanced over the paintings and the installations,

was saying that I was the inspiration

it was very

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

one? I

to the big installation

hanging from the ceiling and some of

was titled ‘277

to

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough

"It was?"

to myself, but I had

it was no

a

this time, I thought he'd moved on

thought he was happy

know about all of

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing at

blur and I

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

at him instinctively, forgetting

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought you just

Paris for you.Or to

didn’t you come to find me sooner? I've waited for

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

motioned to the glass bottles

down my face and I

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

pointed to another painting, desperate to

little embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you a little bit.Virtually, not

"What?"

I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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