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.

sighed, not wanting to talk about it anymore. Picking up on my mood change, Rebecca changed the

after being away

this on," he

brows at

"What for?"

have a surprise for you,"

put

anything and then he guided me away. I could tell from the various scents and sounds that we had wandered outside. Elliot surprised me

later, he was putting me down and untying my blindfold. When I adjusted my eyes

I gasped at the beauties around me and then

at Elliot, a crease

I asked, my

his front pockets almost sheepishly. "I figured they were your favorite flowers."

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