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.

that day out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending

like

him and he thought I

Paris thing, and Ally, and everything got all

way overdue, but I'm sorry.I was such a

warm.Warm enough

"That's alright,"I smiled.

a super great fiancée either.I should’ve been honest with you about the Paris thing since day one.I didn’t know why I was so afraid," lan smiled, and

this smile was different from all

that I didn’t see on his face

was caught in a

move and I

do was

the city anyway?"he said after a while

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

"A job interview?"

the New

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me within a

means you're in,"he said

How do you know?"I narrowed my eyes

tell you they'll let you know, but they

said they'll contact you within a week because

a

made me

hoping

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

"Thank you,"

my lip to stop myself from smiling

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

away again, looking at anything other than

How have you been?"he said with his

of weeks and I might have just got hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked

as casual as possible,

for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably the highlight

An art exhibition at a school featuring all your

all my works with

caught

at his face, asking him, "What are you talking

do you

the art pieces all over

and the installations, everything

saying that I was the inspiration behind all

it was

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

I don’t

the big installation

glass bottles hanging from the

was titled ‘277

bottles it took for me to finally hear

"What...?"I gaped.

rough year for

"It was?"

myself, but

it was no big

felt a

time, I thought he'd moved

was happy being with

know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing at

blur and I didn’t want him

by one of those boards you see in the airport.I went

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I thought you

Paris for you.Or to force you to turn around and come back

me sooner? I've waited for days..."I choked, holding back

in the hospital.I was unconscious for days.I

the glass bottles

down my face and I hated

of him and cry, so wiped them away

mean?" I pointed to

embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you a little bit.Virtually, not

"What?"

been 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

Anyway, I got jealous.

made me

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