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 date in front

someone that looked like lan, but I

it was really him and

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

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

gaze was gentle and warm.Warm

"That's alright,"I smiled.

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

lot, but this smile was different from

smile that I didn’t see on his

was caught

couldn't move and I didn’t

do was lamely stare at

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

had a job interview earlier...and then I was

"A job interview?"

the New Yorker

"Wow, that’s great,"

said they'll contact me within

means you're in,"he

know?"I

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

you within a week because they already knew

made a lot

made me smile real

was really hoping

congratulations are in order?" he said when he

"Thank you,"

had to bit my lip to stop

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

away again, looking at anything other than

are you? How have you been?"he said

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

casual as possible, if you didn't know that

about you? You don’t seem to be doing too bad for yourself," lan opened his arms out wide and said, "I’m elated.This is probably

a school featuring all

art exhibition featuring all my works with my

caught

moving and looked up at his face, asking him, "What

look around.Who do you think inspired all

to all the art pieces

paintings and the installations, everything that he had

he was saying that I was the inspiration behind all of

it was very

I just kept walking around the room, taking a closer

I don’t

to the big

hanging from the ceiling and some of them were broken

piece was titled

me to

"What...?"I gaped.

a rough year for

"It was?"

that to myself, but I

it

I felt a pang in my

time, I thought

thought he was happy

didn’t know about all of

"What's this one?"

quickly, pointing

to blur and I didn’t want

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

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

"Yeah,"he said simply.

anything? I thought you just gave

for you.Or to force

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

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

the

face and I hated myself

of him and cry, so wiped

pointed to

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

"What?"

you, and one day I saw...some French guy posted a picture of a homemade meal and he tagged you and he said something along the line of

Anyway, I got jealous.

never made me

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