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

looked like lan, but I thought

was really him and he thought I was cheating on

Paris thing, and Ally,

was such a shit fiancée,"he said,

gaze was gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

thing since day one.I didn’t know

a lot, but this

this hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t

caught

couldn't move and I

do was

city anyway?"he said after a

job interview earlier...and then I

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me within a

you're in,"he

know?"I narrowed my eyes

tell you they'll let you know, but

contact you within a week because they already knew their plans for

a lot of

also made me smile real

hoping

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

"Thank you,"

to

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

away again, looking at anything

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

in a couple 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 the

to be as casual as possible, if you

yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably

An art exhibition at a

all my works with my muse

word caught my

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

you

hands motioned to all the art pieces all over the

the paintings and the

that I was the inspiration behind

was

I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a

one? I don’t get

big installation in the

from the ceiling and some

was titled

it took for me to finally hear your name out loud

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year for

"It was?"

say that to myself, but I had

shrugged like it was no

felt a pang in my

this time, I thought he'd moved on

he was happy being with

about all of

"What's this one?"

quickly,

blur and I

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

came to the airport?" I looked up at him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that were pooling

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just gave

you.Or to force you to turn around and come back for

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

for days.I

to the

were trickling down my face and

and cry, so wiped them away quickly and

to another painting, desperate to change the

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

"What?"

or the pictures that people took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged you and he said something along

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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