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 I were pretending to date in front

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

and he thought I

to the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown

overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and I knew

was gentle and warm.Warm enough to

"That's alright,"I smiled.

should’ve been honest with you about the Paris thing since day

smirked and grinned a lot, but this smile was

genuine smile that

caught in a

move and I didn’t say anything

was lamely

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

I was

"A job interview?"

New

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me within

you're

know?"I narrowed my

just tell you they'll let you

contact you within a week because they

made a lot

made me

hoping I'd get

made it all the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations

"Thank you,"

lip to stop myself

were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep

turned my eyes away again, looking

been?"he said with his head cocked to

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

be as casual as possible, if you

You don’t seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m

art exhibition at a school featuring all your

exhibition featuring all my works with

caught

looked up at his face, asking

a look around.Who do you think inspired all of

to all the

over the paintings and the installations, everything

saying that I was the inspiration behind

it was very

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

one? I don’t

the big installation in the

hundreds of glass bottles hanging from the ceiling and some

was

to

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough

"It was?"

to myself, but I had

just shrugged like it was no big

a

time, I thought he'd moved on

was happy being

know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at

to blur and I didn’t want him

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

instinctively, forgetting

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I thought you

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

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

days.I had severe dehydration, it was too much of

to the glass

down my face and

him and cry,

this one mean?" I pointed to another

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

"What?"

you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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