Chapter 64

"You look different today," Troy said, smiling as he glanced at me while I loaded pasta on his plate.

"Different how?" I asked, pretending not to understand and indifferent. But my heart was racing faster. Hopefully, he didn’t hear it. Troy looked me up and down.

"You look fresher, like a teenage girl," he complimented.

Oh God, Troy was still staring at me without blinking.

"Yeah, right. Just because a teenage girl shows up, you start imagining things. Now you think I look like a teenage girl."

Troy raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean? I'm not imagining things. You really do look different today."

I didn’t respond further. I shouldn’t have spoken like that to Troy. He might think I was jealous.

‘Oh no! Maybe I am jealous.’

"Do you want juice or water?" I asked after placing the plate with food in front of him.

"Water is fine!" he replied, still looking at me.

Troy smiled and began enjoying his meal.

"The one who came yesterday is my cousin. Grace is the daughter of Aunt Lu