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

looked like lan, but I thought it was

really him and he

Ally, and everything got all blown

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

was gentle and warm.Warm enough

"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

grinned a lot, but this smile was different from

genuine smile that I didn’t see

caught

move and I didn’t say anything

do was

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

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

"A job interview?"

New

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me

you're in,"he

do you know?"I narrowed

didn't get in, they'll just tell you

they'll contact you within a week because they

a lot of

also made me smile real

was really hoping I'd

suppose, congratulations are in order?" he said when he

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to

penetrating so deep into my soul, I

away again, looking

you been?"he said with his head cocked to

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

casual as possible, if

too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m

a school featuring all your

exhibition featuring all my works with my

caught

up at his face, asking him,

around.Who do you

hands motioned to all the art pieces all over

paintings and

I was the inspiration behind all

was very

I didn’t wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room,

one? I don’t get

to the big installation in the

of glass bottles hanging from the ceiling and some of them were

piece was titled ‘277

all the bottles it took for me to

"What...?"I gaped.

rough

"It was?"

to say that to myself, but I had said

it was

a pang in my

time, I thought he'd moved on

thought he was happy being

about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at another

were starting to blur and I didn’t want him to see

airport.I went looking for you the day you left.I was too

at him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that were pooling

"Yeah,"he said simply.

say anything? I thought you

already gone and I didn’t wanna ruin Paris for you.Or to force you to turn around and come back

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

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

motioned to the glass

were trickling down my face

him and cry, so wiped them away quickly and

this one mean?" I pointed to another painting,

laugh, "I have a confession

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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