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

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

and he thought I

Ally, and everything got all blown up to

was such a shit fiancée,"he said, and I knew he

and warm.Warm enough to melt my hardened

"That's alright,"I smiled.

been honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was so afraid," lan smiled, and I

smirked and grinned a lot, but this smile was different

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

was caught in

and I didn’t say anything else

could do was lamely

uh, what brings you to the city anyway?"he said after a while of silence, breaking the thick

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

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me within a

you're in,"he

do you know?"I narrowed

get in, they'll just tell you they'll let you know, but they

a week because

made a lot of

me smile

really hoping I'd get

it all the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations are in order?" he

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop myself from smiling

penetrating so

eyes away again, looking at anything other

you? How have you been?"he said with his head cocked

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

as possible,

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

art exhibition at a school featuring all

all my works with my muse

caught my

his face, asking him, "What are you

do you think inspired all of

the art

glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything that he

was the

was very

over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just

one? I don’t

pointed to the big installation in

the ceiling and some of them

piece was titled

me to finally hear your name

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year

"It was?"

myself, but I had said it out

just shrugged like it was no

I felt a pang in

time, I thought he'd

he was happy

know about all of

"What's this one?"

turned around quickly, pointing

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

of those boards you see in the airport.I went

instinctively, forgetting about the

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I

ruin Paris for you.Or

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

for days.I had severe

the glass bottles

trickling down my face and

front of him and cry, so wiped them away quickly

does this one mean?" I pointed to another painting, desperate to change

laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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