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After Dr. Paulo left, Julietta sat on Phoebe's bed. "Amelie and Sophie are too busy to be around you. So I'm trying to get a maid who can take care of you; are you okay with that?"

She saved her and provided her with a place to stay, but now she was going to get a maid for her. In addition, she asked in advance! Phoebe burst into tears at such consideration.

"Oh, is it uncomfortable for strangers? I'm sorry, I didn't think much."

'Rather, I must be a stranger to her, but she is so kind to me, then why am I crying impudently?'

Phoebe was so grateful and apologetic that she shook her head in a storm of tears. "No, I haven't received this kind of consideration, so I…"

Julietta hugged Phoebe, who could not stop crying. "Phoebe, you are not alone anymore. And if you keep saying thank you and sorry, I'll get angry. There's still room left. I don't care if you settle down here and say you're not leaving. So don't feel uncomfortable."

Phoebe had been sobbing for a long time with her face buried in Julietta's shoulder, and finally raised her head. "Thank you very much, no, I..."

When the word "thank you" came out, Julietta looked up at her with a glare; Phoebe swallowed her words and was embarra.s.sed, not knowing what to say. Julietta smiled and brought a bag over from the corner.

"Phoebe, I'll show you my treasure to make you feel better."

Watching Julietta opening her bag carefully, her heart throbbed with antic.i.p.ation. Since she was a lady who lived in such a large mansion, it must be a precious jewel in that bag. She had never seen real jewelry when she was working in a brothel. She only wore imitation jewelry, and she waited, holding her breath in antic.i.p.ation of seeing real jewelry close up.

But what came out of the lady's hand was not that.

"Oh, my G.o.d!" It wasn't the jewel that she expected, but a lovely little puppy. She burst into a jubilant exclamation. "Oh! I never imagined there would be a dog in that bag. How could it have been doing well?"

Julieta carefully put Manny in Phoebe's arms. "Since it's still a baby, it sleeps a lot. And it's not a bag, but a dog house."

"A dog house?"

Julietta put her bag down next to Phoebe and showed its inside. "I've made the base s.p.a.cious and comfortable, and put a cus.h.i.+on on it. This cus.h.i.+on is Manny's favorite one. And if I put up a wall in all directions like a bag, and put a string on it, it becomes a mobile bag. What do you think? It sounds very cozy, doesn't it?"

"Yes. I think it'll be really convenient to carry around. If I had a bag like this, I think a dog would be very comfortable if I move around."

"Manny is very popular. Sometimes it goes to the mansion to greet the people who work there, and when there's a guest at the annex, it goes there, too. That's why I needed a moving house."

"Did you make it yourself?" Phoebe admired the pretty lady for her talent.

"I did a st.i.tch. Oh, I'll make you pajamas, too. The Amelie's pajamas you're wearing, um..." Julietta shook her head as she looked at the sack-like pajamas similar to the ones given her by Prince Killian in the past. She looked so serious that Phoebe burst out laughing.

"I'm very grateful, too. As you know, I crawled onto the street in my underwear." The memory of yesterday that was so painful had faded to the point where she could say it like it was a joke.

"Hush, forget about it and don't say it. I think it's okay now, but it's not good to keep thinking about it."

When Julietta said that, Manny woke up and flinched. Phoebe laughed at the puppy who stretched out its short legs and yawned.

"Oh, I think it woke up. Look at its mouth chewing. It seemed to be looking for its mother's milk."

"I don't think so. Someone told me that it is doing this on purpose to induce compa.s.sion."

Manny's chewing mouth closed as if he understood Julietta's words.

Phoebe laughed again, because it looked so cute. "It's like it understands us."

"I sometimes think so, too. How smart it is!"

Phoebe gently dropped the wriggling Manny onto the bed. After a moment, the dog who was flus.h.i.+ng about it suddenly began to bark. Julietta took Manny, went to the bathroom and put it down.

A moment later, Phoebe was surprised when Manny went to the bathroom and Julietta brought it back. "Oh, my G.o.d, it's so smart!"

"Right." Julietta kissed Manny's head as if it was admirable, and put it down on the carpet.

Phoebe gazed at the dog who started running around like it was doing an exercise, and told Julietta, "Well, you said this is a dressing shop, right?"

"That's right. It's renovated from a n.o.bleman's mansion. The bedroom on the other side is the workroom, so if you're bored, you can go and watch."