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.

Tristan and I were pretending

looked like lan, but I thought it

really him and he thought

Ally, and everything got all blown up to

it’s way overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such a

and warm.Warm

"That's alright,"I smiled.

honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I

smirked and grinned a lot, but this smile was different from all of

that I didn’t see on his

was caught in

and I didn’t say

do was lamely stare at

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

I was just talking

"A job interview?"

New

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact

you're in,"he

know?"I narrowed

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

you within a week

a lot of

made me smile real

was really hoping I'd get that

the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations are

"Thank you,"

bit my lip to

were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into

my eyes away again, looking

been?"he

got hired for a job in the

be as casual as possible, if you didn't

seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said,

art exhibition at a school featuring all your

art exhibition featuring all my works with

word caught

moving and looked up at his face, asking him,

around.Who do you

motioned to all the art

the paintings and the installations, everything that he

I was the

it was

head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around

this one? I

to the big installation in the

hanging from the ceiling and some of them

was titled ‘277

for me to finally hear your name out loud without

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year

"It was?"

say that to myself, but I had

it

a pang in my

time, I thought he'd moved on

he was happy

about all

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly,

and

inspired by one of those boards you see in the airport.I went

to the airport?" I looked up at him instinctively, forgetting

"Yeah,"he said simply.

say anything? I

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

find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I

for days.I had

to the

my face and I

of him and cry, so

pointed to

a laugh, "I have a

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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