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 I were pretending to date in

I saw someone that looked like lan, but I

and he thought I was

and Ally, and everything

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

warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

been honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was

lot, but this smile was

this hearty, genuine smile that I didn’t

was caught in

and I didn’t say anything else

could do was

the city anyway?"he said after a

interview earlier...and then I was just talking

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

contact

you're

you know?"I narrowed my eyes

didn't get in, they'll just tell you they'll let you

said they'll contact you within a week because

made a

me smile real

hoping

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

"Thank you,"

to bit my lip to stop myself from

was penetrating so deep into

turned my eyes away again, looking at anything

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

job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked around the

as casual as possible,

his arms

a school featuring

my works with my muse

word caught my

looked up at his face, asking him,

you

hands motioned to all the art pieces

glanced over the paintings and the installations,

that I was

it was very

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

this one? I

to the big installation

from the ceiling and some of

was titled ‘277

all the bottles it took for me to finally hear

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year for

"It was?"

myself, but I

shrugged like it

a pang in

I thought he'd moved on so

thought he was happy being

know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

to blur and I didn’t want him to

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

at him instinctively, forgetting about the tears that were pooling in my

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just gave up...so

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

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

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

the

face and I

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

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

"I have a

"What?"

I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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