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.

the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to

I saw someone that looked like

and he thought I was cheating on

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

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

warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

a lot, but this

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

was caught in

move and I

was lamely stare

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

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

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact

means you're in,"he

you know?"I

you they'll let you know, but

a week because they

made a

made me smile real

hoping I'd get that

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

"Thank you,"

lip to stop myself from smiling

me and his gaze was penetrating so deep into my soul, I was feeling

away again, looking at anything

you? How 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, examining all the other art

as casual as possible,

doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m

exhibition at a

works with my muse in

word caught my

moving and looked up at his

you think inspired

all the

over the paintings and the installations,

was

was

wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer look at each and every one of

one? I don’t

big installation in

from the ceiling and some of them were

piece was titled ‘277

took for me to finally hear your

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year

"It was?"

that to myself, but

shrugged like it was

I felt a

time, I thought

he was happy

about all of

"What's this one?"

around quickly, pointing at

were starting to blur and

boards you see in the airport.I went looking for you the day

airport?" I looked up at him instinctively, forgetting

"Yeah,"he said simply.

you say anything? I thought you just

ruin Paris for you.Or to force you to turn around

waited for days..."I choked,

for days.I had severe dehydration, it

the glass bottles

trickling down my face and I

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

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

"I have a confession

"What?"

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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made

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