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.

it anymore. Picking up on my mood change,

away all

this on,"

brows at

"What for?"

a surprise for you,"

put the

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

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

the beauties around me and then I noticed

Elliot, a crease between

asked, my voice coming out

in his front pockets almost sheepishly. "I figured they

***

since I submitted my artwork to the Pandora Bloom gallery. However, my paintings were returned to me the following

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