Lola shifted her gaze from the pile of materials and looked up at Teresa in a daze. After quite a while, she suddenly exclaimed joyfully, "You want to buy a house in this neighborhood?" Teresa nodded with a smile. "Yes." "I thought you hadn’t had a plan to settle down yet." Teresa often traveled around to collect materials for painting, and she enjoyed free, casual life, so Lola didn’t expect her to want to buy a house. "I’m not young. I want to have my own house. I want to be closer to you, so I’d like to buy a house in the same neighborhood as yours." As she spoke, Teresa leaned forward and hugged her neck. Sensing her rub her cheek against her neck, Lola shivered reflexively. "Come on, what happened? You don't look yourself today. We're alone in the house now, so you don’t have to h

