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 changed
palace after being away
on,"
brows
"What for?"
surprise for you," he
put the blindfold
I could tell from the various scents and sounds that we had wandered outside. Elliot surprised me by lifting
When I adjusted my eyes to the
around me and then I noticed a greeting card on a
a crease between my brows
all this?" I asked, my voice coming out
and putting his hands in his front pockets almost sheepishly. "I figured they were your
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