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.

mood change, Rebecca changed the subject and the rest of the evening

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

on,"

brows at his

"What for?"

for

I put the

make sure I couldn't see anything and then he guided me away. I could tell from the various scents and sounds that

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

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

Elliot, a crease between my brows and tears in my

my voice coming out in

pockets almost sheepishly. "I

***

gallery. However, my paintings were returned

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