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, Rebecca changed the subject and the

palace after being away all day, he handed me a

on," he

brows

"What for?"

a surprise for you,"

I put the

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

putting me down and untying my blindfold. When I adjusted my eyes

gasped at the beauties around me and then I noticed a

Elliot, a crease between my brows and tears in my

I asked, my voice

his front pockets almost sheepishly. "I figured they were your favorite flowers." I was at a loss for

***

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