The next day, Ercilia finds another thornless, red rose and a wooden music box that plays, "You are My Sunshine."
She listens to the tinkling notes with a smile on her face while gripping the flower in her hand. "Dan!" she called, hustling out to the balcony after putting the rose in the vase. She tries to slow down and contains her excitement as she recalls she is still not fully recovered.
"You're not going to give me a rose every day until Valentine's Day, are you?" asked Ercilia upon finding Drystan.
His eyes gleam. So does the smile that forms on his face.
"Maybe I am. Maybe I'm not."
Then comes another day of her finding a rose. This time, it arrives with a heart-shaped box of chocolate. The day after that, she finds one more rose and a pillow in the shape of a heart. This keeps happening for a week straight.
