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.

on the quad when Tristan and

like

was really him and he

the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all blown

was such

gaze was gentle and warm.Warm enough to melt my

"That's alright,"I smiled.

about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was

but this smile

genuine smile that

caught

and I didn’t say anything else

I could do was

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

I was just talking a walk around

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me within a

you're in,"he said

do you know?"I

you they'll

contact you within a week because

a lot of

me

was really hoping I'd get

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

"Thank you,"

my lip to

eyes were fixed on me and his gaze was penetrating

my eyes away again, looking at

you been?"he said with

hired for a job in the New

trying to be as casual as

lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably the highlight of my career right

art exhibition at a school

featuring all my works with my muse in

caught

moving and looked up at his

do you think inspired all

hands motioned to all the art

glanced over the paintings and the installations,

was saying that I was the inspiration

was very

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

one? I don’t get

the big installation in the

hanging from the ceiling and some of them were

piece was

all the bottles it took for me to

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year for

"It was?"

say that to myself, but I had

just shrugged like it

I felt a pang in my

I thought he'd moved on

he was happy being

know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

to blur and

by one of those boards you see in the airport.I went looking for you the day you left.I was too

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

didn't you say anything? I thought you just gave

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

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

unconscious for days.I had severe

motioned to the glass

trickling down my face and I hated myself for

front of him and cry, so wiped

to another

little embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession

"What?"

following your 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 a homemade meal and he tagged you and he said something along the line of ‘my girlfriend made

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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