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.

day out on the quad when Tristan and I were pretending to date in front

saw someone that looked like lan, but I thought it was a

him and

thing, and Ally,

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

gentle and warm.Warm

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

grinned a lot, but this smile was different from

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

was caught in

I didn’t say

I could do was lamely stare

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

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

"A job interview?"

New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

they'll contact me within a

you're in,"he

do you know?"I narrowed my eyes

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

week because they

a lot of

also made me

hoping

made it all the more certain for me."I suppose, congratulations are in order?" he

"Thank you,"

my lip to stop myself from

his gaze was penetrating so deep

my eyes away again, looking at anything other

How have you been?"he said with his head cocked

might have just got hired for a job in the New Yorker," I said as I walked around the room, examining all

as possible, if you didn't

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

a school featuring

my works with

word caught my

looked up at his face, asking him,

you think inspired

the art pieces all

over the paintings and the installations, everything that he had

that I was the inspiration behind all of

was very

wanna be in over my head, and I wanted to appear casual, so I just kept walking around

one? I don’t get

big installation

of glass bottles hanging from the ceiling

was titled

bottles it took for me to finally hear your name out loud without

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year for

"It was?"

to say that to myself, but I

shrugged like it was

a

I thought he'd moved on

thought he was happy being

didn’t know about

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

were starting to blur and I didn’t want

see in the airport.I went looking

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

I

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

sooner? I've waited

days.I had severe dehydration, it

motioned to the glass bottles

trickling down my face and

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

mean?" I pointed to

embarrassing," he stifled a laugh, "I have a confession to make...I've been stalking you

"What?"

took of you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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