Married My Ex's Alpha Uncle

Chapter 21

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.

to talk about it anymore. Picking up on my mood change, Rebecca changed the subject and the rest of the evening

being away all day, he handed

this on," he

raised my brows at his

"What for?"

have a surprise for you," he

I put

it to make sure I couldn't see anything and then he guided me 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 untying my blindfold. When I adjusted

different colors. I gasped at the beauties around me and then I noticed a greeting card on a small table in a small

look at Elliot, a crease between

all this?" I asked, my voice

that roses often appear in your paintings... including the one you did of me," he said, shrugging and putting his hands in his front pockets almost sheepishly. "I figured they were your favorite flowers." I was at a loss for words. My heart swelled

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