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 in

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

him and

and Ally, and everything got all blown

was such a shit

gentle and warm.Warm enough to

"That's alright,"I smiled.

a super 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 I

smirked and grinned a lot, but this smile was different from all of

hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t

was caught in a

couldn't move and I didn’t say anything

I could do was

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

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

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me

means you're in,"he

know?"I narrowed my eyes at

you they'll let you

contact you within a week because

made a lot

me smile real

really hoping I'd get

the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations are in

"Thank you,"

to bit my lip to stop

me and his gaze was penetrating so deep

away again, looking at

How have you been?"he said with his head cocked to

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

as possible, if

about you? You don’t seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably

at a school featuring all your

my works with my muse

word caught my

looked up at his face, asking him,

you think inspired all

all the

glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything

he was saying that I was the inspiration behind all

was

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

one? I

pointed to the big

bottles hanging from the ceiling and some

piece was titled

bottles it took for me to finally hear your name

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough

"It was?"

meant to say that to myself, but I had said it

like it

I felt a pang in my

this time, I thought he'd moved on so

he was happy

about all

"What's this one?"

around quickly,

and I

inspired by one of those boards you see in the airport.I went looking

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

say anything? I thought you

for you.Or to

I've waited for days..."I choked, holding back the

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

the

my face and I hated

in front of him and cry, so wiped

one mean?" I pointed to another

"I have a

"What?"

French guy posted a

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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