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.

anymore. Picking up on my mood change, Rebecca changed the subject and the rest of

palace after being away all day, he handed me a red

on," he

raised my brows at his

"What for?"

have a surprise for you," he

I put the

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

me down and untying my blindfold. When I adjusted my eyes to the new

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

Elliot, a crease between my brows and tears in

asked, my voice coming out in

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

***

with the greenhouse and only one day had passed since I submitted my artwork to the Pandora Bloom gallery. However, my paintings were returned to me

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