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.

Picking up on my mood change, Rebecca changed the subject and the

returned to the palace after being away all day, he

this on,"

brows

"What for?"

have a surprise for

put

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

blindfold. When I

of a greenhouse and surrounded by roses of all different colors. I gasped at the beauties around me and then I noticed a greeting card on a small table in a small pavilion that read:

look at Elliot, a crease between

my voice coming out

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 with gratitude,

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