Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 91: Parisian Romance 

EMMA’s POV : For the first time in eight months, I typed his name into a google search.

A few things came up.

There was an article in The New Yorker about the gallery’s grand opening.

The article praised the exhibition, calling it a creative space for international contemporary art lovers.

There was also a picture of lan and Ally, standing together in front of the gallery with Mayor de Blasio.

They were smiling from ear to ear.

They sure made a great looking couple.

That was painful to see.

The article even called them ' the power duo’, New York's hottest art lovers.

I put my phone down and immediately regretted my decision.

I should have never googled an ex.

Ever.

But I was stubborn.

After my friends went back to the States, I was alone in my apartment again and I was forced to deal with my feelings.

There were still a few days left in the holiday, so I had no excuse to be busy with school or the internship.

In my desperate, boredom stage, I ended up googling his name again.

This time, I found Ally’s social media page.

lan had deleted his Instagram profile ages ago, right around when we started dating.

He wanted to keep himself and his activities hidden from the world.

He also never liked the idea of social media in the first place.

But finding Ally’s Instagram page was like finding a land mine.

Her page was filled with pictures of her and lan.

Ian looked...great, of course.

His hair was longer and his jaw was scruffier.

He wore a lot of suits now and he looked amazing in them.

His tattoos would peak out of his collar and I remembered how much I enjoyed running my fingers through his inked skin.

Ugh! I need to stop! We just entered a new year and this year my resolution was to stop pining over my long lost love.

Stalking his girlfriend’s instagram page wasn't gonna help my case.

I threw my stupid phone on the bed groaned into a pillow.

I'm so pathetic! I can’t keep living like this! I have to do something! Suddenly, I was hit with an idea.

I grabbed my phone again and stared blankly at the screen for a few seconds.

Not wanting to overthink things anymore, my finger tapped the screen several times and I got right to work.

This was probably not one of my brightest moments.

I just download Tinder.

For a while, all I did in that app was swipe people.

Swiping left, swiping right, it was just something to entertain myself.

I wasn’t in any mood to find love, especially not on Tinder in a foreign land.

I was just bored, honestly.

And looking at these guys’ faces on my screen was a safe way to remind myself that there are other people out there.

There could still be a future for me after lan Hayes.

Sometimes the guys I matched with would send me messages and they could be flattering.

They were a great confidence boost, and I would leave it at that.

But some days when I got super bored, I ended up replying to their messages.

I didn't think of much of it.

I only downloaded the app for fun anyway.

But after talking to several guys for a few weeks, the idea of meeting one of them seemed enticing.

"I don’t have to marry the guy, I’m just looking for friends,"

I said to myself.

So one day in early March, I agreed to go on a date with this guy, Olivier.

sweet guy with beautiful eyes, and we bonded over our

meet at this bar not

thing about online dating that I quickly learned was that people were not what

guy on the phone, but as soon as we met

to say, it

thinking that

what is France famous for? No, not the

was talking about the

was more than an

was like an art form, and French people were more than willing

that French

were masculine French men in the

feminine side more openly than

feminine side were often considered gay

about their love for art and

care about being too forward or mushy, they

uninvited tongue down my throat

yeah, okay, no, sorry, I don't think

as I pushed

at me in confusion as I gathered my purse and

"Something wrong?"he asked.

even know where to begin.I smiled politely at

another word, I turned to my

at night and I didn’t feel like walking home alone, so I

front of the bar, when suddenly a tall guy in

"Tough night, eh?"he greeted.

"Excuse me?"

inside.From the looks of it, you could use some of this,"he lent out a pack of cigarettes

good, thank

"You are an American?"

"Yes,"

are

"Georgia originally,"

from Tennessee.Because you're the

"Only ten I see?"

I laughed drily.

met and we laughed at

French guy, his English was pretty good even though his accent

"What's your name?"he asked.

"Emma,"

you, Emma.I’m Elliott Jacques,"he put his hand

about to pull away, however, he held onto it a

in the air,

tell me, aside from being drop-dead gorgeous, what do

college.I'm on an exchange program,"I

mistake.I thought you are a

"Why?"

narrowed my

time I look at you, everyone else

couldn’t help but laugh a

"Are you always this...cheesy?"

one who's made of

"What?"

you're looking Gouda

"Stop!"

my

can keep going all night

she said,"we both

and we smiled appreciatively

like we both

up in front of the bar

my ride, I have to

"Wait, before you go,"

want me to take you out to dinner.Just smile for yes or

funny

to that, so I just said, "You're so

I did agree on getting dinner with him and he did get

weird meet-up with Olivier at that bar, I hadn't been on a proper date

as going on a date since we mostly stayed

remember the last time

was surprisingly a

dinner at this

found out that he was actually

we took a walk along the river after dinner and

asked if he could hold my

nice about a twenty five year old guy asking to

went to the Carnavalet Museum and took a walk around

the time we got to the garden,

he was looking at my face a lot throughout the day and when I confronted him about it, he calmly responded with, "I keep looking

did kiss

the garden at

a short,

a feeling I wouldn't forget it

we took a day trip

with a

the vineyard and Elliott kept raving about this

I could try it and he proceeded with kissing me on the lips, parting my mouth open with the

was very

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