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.

remembered that day out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to date in

someone that looked like lan, but I thought it

him and he thought I was

and Ally, and everything got all blown up

was such a shit fiancée,"he

was gentle and 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

this smile was

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

caught

couldn't move and I didn’t say anything

was lamely stare at

the city anyway?"he said after a while of silence,

I was just talking

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact me within

you're in,"he

you know?"I narrowed

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

said they'll contact you within a week because they already

made a

also made me smile

was really hoping I'd get that

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

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to stop myself

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

turned my eyes away again, looking at

How have you been?"he said with his head

too bad.I’m graduating in a couple of weeks and I might have just got hired for a job in

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

bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably the highlight of my

a school featuring all your

exhibition featuring all my works with my muse in the

word caught

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

a look around.Who do you think

the

over the paintings and the installations, everything that he

saying that I was the

was

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

this one? I don’t

pointed to the big installation

glass bottles hanging from the ceiling

piece was

were all the bottles it took for me to

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year

"It was?"

to myself, but I had said it

it

I felt a

time, I thought he'd moved on

thought he was happy being

about all of

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly,

eyes were starting to blur and I didn’t want

airport.I went looking for you the day you

him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just

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

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

was unconscious for days.I had severe dehydration, it

motioned to the

my face and I hated myself

front of him and cry,

pointed to another painting, desperate to change

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

"What?"

following your 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 a homemade meal and he tagged you and he said something along the line of

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made

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