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

on," he

brows at

"What for?"

have a surprise for you,"

put the

me away. I could tell from the various scents and sounds that we

down and untying my blindfold. When I adjusted my

by roses of all different colors. I gasped at the beauties around me

look at Elliot, a crease between my brows and tears in my

all this?" I asked, my voice

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 I closed the gap between us, kissing

***

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

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