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

away all day,

on," he

raised my brows

"What for?"

surprise for you," he told

I put

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 carrying me the rest of the

was putting me down and untying my blindfold. When I adjusted my eyes to the new setting, I gasped at what I

middle of a greenhouse and surrounded by roses of all different colors. I gasped at the beauties around me and then I noticed a greeting

Elliot, a crease between my brows and tears in my

this?" I asked, my voice coming out

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, and

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