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.

when Tristan and I were pretending to

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

him and he

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

but I'm sorry.I was such a shit fiancée,"he

warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was so afraid," lan smiled, and I mean

smirked and grinned a lot, but this smile

that I didn’t

caught in

and I didn’t say anything else

was

the city anyway?"he said after

I was just talking a

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me

you're in,"he

you know?"I narrowed my eyes

in, they'll just tell you they'll

they'll contact you within a week because they

made a lot of

made me

was really hoping I'd get

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

"Thank you,"

to stop myself from smiling too

his gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul,

eyes away again, looking at

been?"he said with his head cocked

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

be as casual as possible, if you

to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms

art exhibition at a school featuring

my works with my muse

word caught my

looked up at his face,

look around.Who do you

motioned to all the art

the paintings and the

saying that I was the inspiration behind all

was very

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

this one? I don’t

the big installation in

glass bottles hanging from the ceiling and some of them were

piece was titled ‘277

the bottles it took for me to finally hear

"What...?"I gaped.

rough

"It was?"

myself, but I had said

shrugged like it

I felt a pang in

I thought he'd moved on so

was happy being

didn’t know about all

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at another

to blur and I didn’t

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

airport?" I looked up at him instinctively, forgetting

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just

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

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

hospital.I was unconscious for days.I

the glass bottles

trickling down my face and I hated

him and cry, so wiped them away quickly and turned

does this one mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate

a little embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been

"What?"

I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged you and he said something along the line of ‘my girlfriend made

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made

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