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.

wanting to talk about it anymore. Picking up on my mood change, Rebecca changed the

being away all day, he handed

on," he

raised my brows at his

"What for?"

a surprise for

put the blindfold

anything and then he guided me away. I could tell from the various scents and sounds that we

my blindfold. When I adjusted my eyes to

different colors. I gasped at the beauties around me and

at Elliot, a crease between

I asked, my voice coming out in

almost sheepishly. "I figured they were your favorite flowers." I was at a loss for words. My heart swelled with gratitude, and I closed

***

Pandora Bloom gallery. However, my paintings were returned to me the following day. One

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