A knot formed in the pit of my stomach.
"I apologize..." I said.
"Were your achievements at the auction just a fluke then? Are you incapable of repainting that portrait?"
"Sir, I-"
"I expect better from my exclusive painters," he scolded, and then he hung up before I could say another word.
I looked at Rebecca who was staring at me with raised brows.
"Why would you turn down the offer?" She asked, curiously.
"I made a promise to Elliot," I told her. "I can't go back on my word."
"Maybe you should speak with him about it.
not wanting to talk about it anymore. Picking up on my mood change, Rebecca
after being away
on,"
brows at
"What for?"
have a surprise for
I put the blindfold
away. I could tell from the various scents and sounds that we had wandered outside. Elliot surprised me by lifting me into his arms and carrying me the rest of the
few minutes later, he was putting me down and untying my blindfold. When I adjusted my eyes to the new setting, I gasped at
surrounded by roses of all different colors. I gasped at the beauties around me
turned to look at Elliot, a crease between my brows and
I asked, my
almost sheepishly. "I figured they were your favorite flowers." I
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