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.

quad when Tristan and I were pretending

knew I saw someone that looked like lan, but I thought

it was really him and he thought I

thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown

way overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such

gaze was gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt

"That's alright,"I smiled.

fiancée either.I should’ve been honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I

but this smile was different

that I didn’t

was caught in

move and I didn’t

was lamely stare

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

earlier...and then I was just talking a walk

"A job interview?"

New

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact

means you're in,"he

How do you know?"I

just tell you they'll

they'll contact you within a week because they already

made a lot of

also made me smile real

was really hoping I'd get

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

"Thank you,"

my lip to stop myself from smiling

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

eyes away again, looking at anything

How have you been?"he said

in a couple of weeks and I might have just got hired for a job in

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

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

at a

art exhibition featuring all my works with my muse in the

word caught

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

do you think inspired all of

to all the art pieces

eyes glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything

was the inspiration behind all of

was very

just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look

one? I

to the big installation

bottles hanging from the ceiling

was

to finally hear your name out loud without

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough

"It was?"

to myself, but

it was no

I felt a pang

this time, I thought he'd moved on

he was happy being

know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at

blur and I didn’t want him to

one of those boards you see in the airport.I went looking for you the day you

up at him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that were pooling in

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought you just gave up...so

Paris for you.Or to force you to turn around

I've waited

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

motioned to the glass bottles

were trickling down my face

stand in front of him and cry, so wiped them away

this one mean?" I pointed to another

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

"What?"

took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged you and he

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made

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