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

saw someone that looked like

was really him and he thought I

Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown up

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

gaze was gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

and grinned a lot, but this

genuine smile that I didn’t see on his

caught in

and I didn’t say anything else

I could do was lamely stare

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

I

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact

means you're in,"he said

you know?"I narrowed my

tell you they'll let you know,

within a week because they already knew their plans for

made a

also made me smile

really hoping

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

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop myself from

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

eyes away again, looking at anything other than

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

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

as possible, if you

yourself," lan opened his arms out

at a school featuring all

art exhibition featuring all my works with my

word caught my

stopped moving and looked up at his face, asking him,

around.Who do you

motioned to all the art pieces all over the

eyes glanced over the paintings and the installations, everything

I was

was very

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

one? I

to the big

glass bottles hanging from the ceiling

was titled

all the bottles it took for me to finally hear your

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year for

"It was?"

say that to myself, but I had said it out

just shrugged like it was no big

I felt a pang in

thought

was happy being

about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

starting to blur and I didn’t

see in the airport.I went looking for you

airport?" I looked up at him instinctively, forgetting about

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought you just gave

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

sooner? I've waited

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

to the glass

trickling down my face and I hated myself

in front of him and cry, so wiped

to another painting, desperate

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

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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