Valentine's Day Gift, Let Me See His Love Clearly

My name was Hannah Robinett. Tomorrow would be the annual Valentine's Day, and sadly, I always had difficulty choosing gifts.

My boyfriend Daley Macy didn't care for clothes or jewelry.

And of course, he wouldn't like my DIY gifts.

My bestie Lily Chavez offered me a ridiculous idea.

"You haven't seen each other for a long time. Why don't you package yourself as a gift and give it to him?"

I rolled my eyes and immediately rejected Lily's bizarre idea without even thinking about it.

I worked in the IT industry and was very busy. I didn't have time to go to Daley at all.

Lily muttered, complaining about me.

"You're unreasonable and foolish. If you never have time to see him, you will lose him sooner or later."

I retorted.

"No way. He understands me and loves me a lot. Not all couples have to celebrate Valentine's Day, OK? It's just a holiday. You're the unreasonable one."

Lily and I argued fiercely over and over again because of different views on love, with no winner or loser.

I always thought that for romantic holidays like Valentine's Day, sending a gift to one's partner would be enough.

But I was proved wrong quickly. Daley hinted at me coquettishly at night.

"You're not coming to see me on Valentine's Day again this year, right?"

I understood his meaning and thought carefully. Because we were in a long-distance relationship, and I was too busy with work, I did neglect his feelings.

So, I decided to follow Lily's advice, take a day off tomorrow to go to Los Angeles where Daley was, and wrap myself up as a gift for him.

But I also wanted to keep it a secret, so I deliberately comforted Daley.

"Sorry. And you don't have to come find me. But I promise there will be a big surprise."

Daley immediately said bitterly.

"Fine!

"The gift I bought for you should also arrive at your house soon."

I sat on the bed and couldn't help but smile. Daley always gave me gifts in advance.

Sure enough, five minutes later, there was a knock on the door.

"Hello, Ms. Robinett. Here's your delivery."

I was stunned because, in previous Valentine's Days, Daley would order takeout flowers for me. How come it was a delivery today?

After opening the door, I took the brown box from the deliveryman and unpacked it. Inside was a large red gift box.

The box was tied with blue lace ribbons on all sides, and there was a beautiful and delicate bow on the top.

I figured it was cosmetics or something.

But when I opened it, I actually saw a round object.

A grape?

I was stunned. I had seen people giving flowers and jewelry, and it was the first time I had ever seen a grape as a gift. And there was only one!

I immediately asked Daley online.

[The gift is great. I really like it. But why a grape?]

Daley replied to me instantly.

[It comes from the only special tree in the world, and it cost me 150,000 dollars. It represents my forever love to you.]

I was completely shocked. I picked up the grape and carefully examined it, never expecting that such an inconspicuous thing could be worth as much as a down payment for a house.

I had a hard time believing it, so I searched online and found that its price was indeed so outrageous!

I couldn't help but lecture Daley.

[Next time, don't buy such extravagant things for me. Even though you're making a lot of money now, you shouldn't waste it.]

[Come on. It's not like I always buy you stuff like this.]

When Daley and I first got together, he was just an employee at a small company and didn't have much money. On Valentine's Day and other occasions, he often gave me flowers, snack gift packs, and so on.

But in recent years, he successfully started his own business with his active mind and became a manager at Giant Group, earning a salary of over 1 million dollars per year.

Even the gifts he gave me had become more high-end and classy.

I carefully picked up the box containing the grape worth over 100,000 dollars.