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.

quad when Tristan and I were pretending to date

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

him and he thought I

Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown up

sorry.I was such

warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

wasn’t 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

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

caught

couldn't move and I didn’t say anything

could do was lamely

said after a while of silence, breaking the thick

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

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact

you're in,"he said

How do you know?"I narrowed my eyes at

just tell you they'll let you know,

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

made a lot

made me

was really hoping I'd get that

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

"Thank you,"

lip to stop myself from smiling

eyes were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so

again, looking at anything other than

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

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

was trying to be as casual as possible, if you didn't know that

yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said,

An art exhibition at a school featuring all

art exhibition featuring all my works

word caught my

stopped moving and looked up at his face, asking him, "What are you

do you think inspired all

hands motioned to all the art pieces all

paintings and the installations, everything that he

that I was the inspiration behind

was very

I just

this one? I

to the big installation in the

were hundreds of glass bottles hanging from the ceiling

piece was titled ‘277

took for me to finally hear your name out loud without breaking into

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year

"It was?"

myself, but I had said it

shrugged like it was no big

a

this time, I thought

was happy being

about

"What's this one?"

quickly,

to blur and I didn’t want him

of those boards you see in the airport.I went looking for you the day you

I looked up at him instinctively,

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought you just

didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or

didn’t you come to find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I choked, holding back the tears from

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

to the

down my face and

front of him and cry, so wiped them away quickly

I pointed to another painting, desperate to

have a

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made

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