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.

when Tristan and I were pretending to date in

that looked like lan, but I thought it was

out, it was really him and he thought I was cheating

that to the whole Paris thing, and Ally, and everything

overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such a shit fiancée,"he said,

gentle and warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

grinned a lot, but this smile was different from all of

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

was caught in a

and I didn’t say

was lamely

to the city anyway?"he said after

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

"A job interview?"

New

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me within a

you're

know?"I narrowed my

tell you they'll let you know, but they wouldn't

you within a week because they already knew their

made a lot of

also made me smile

really hoping I'd get

for me."I suppose, congratulations are

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop myself from smiling

penetrating so

my eyes away again, looking

have you been?"he

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,

be as casual as possible, if you

be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out

a

exhibition featuring all my works

word caught my

looked up at his

around.Who do you think inspired

all the art pieces

eyes glanced over the paintings and

I was the

it was very

to appear casual, so I just

one? I

the big

the ceiling and some

was titled

bottles it took for me to finally hear your

"What...?"I gaped.

was a rough year for

"It was?"

to myself,

like it was

felt a pang in my

I thought

was happy being

know about all of

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing

blur and I didn’t want him to

the airport.I went looking for you the day you left.I was too late

airport?" I looked up at him instinctively,

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just

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

didn’t you come to find me sooner? I've waited for days..."I choked, holding back

for days.I had severe dehydration, it

motioned to the glass

were trickling down my face and I hated

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

I pointed to another painting, desperate to

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

"What?"

or the pictures that people took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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