Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 144

 

Chapter 144 Always Thinking of Him

I gave him an apologetic smile. “Sorry, Uncle Frank. Dominic won’t be drinking. I’ll get him some juice later.”

The last time, he had drunk himself into a stupor and ended up in a hospital. I would really rather not have him repeat that experience again.

Uncle Frank frowned. “I don’t blame you for not knowing your liquor, Lili, but this whiskey here is the good stuff. I specially bought it for this occasion. And you know it’s a family tradition for us men to toast each other at the family gathering.”

I tried to let Uncle Frank down easy. “I’m so sorry, but he really—”

Grandfather harrumphed loudly. “Lili, don’t coddle him. If he wants to drink, drink. If he doesn’t want to, he should say it himself rather than hiding behind his girlfriend.”

 

“Grandpa…” I pouted.

Dominic’s hand covered mine, taking it off the glass. “I’m fine.” He gave me a reassuring squeeze before addressing Uncle Frank. “I’ll have a glass, thank you.”

 

“Now we’re talking.” Pleased, the latter filled more than half the glass. “There you go.”

When Uncle Frank moved on to his next target, I elbowed Dominic in his ribs. “Did you forget about what happened the last time?” I hissed in annoyance. “We’re in the countryside. It’s a long way to a hospital if you get alcohol poisoning again.”

Although we did have the local doctor, a proper hospital would be quite out of the way.

Dominic’s expression was calm. “I know what I’m doing.”

As if! Internally, I was throwing my hands up in chagrin. If that were true, you wouldn’t have been hospitalized in the first place, nor would Benjamin and Yvonne tell me you’d nearly drunk yourself into an early grave.

Unable to resist, I pinched his leg under the table. “Just this one glass, okay?” I said warningly. “No seconds.”

He smirked. “Are you henpecking me?”

by his devil-may-care attitude when his

teasingly. “What sweet nothings are you two

retrospect, Dominic and I did act

more eating,” Grandfather said. “Everyone dig

the clinking of glasses filled the room. There was one thing Uncle Frank was right about—it was in fact a tradition in this

person. Back in the day, when his health was better, he

social drinker and only

time ago, the doctor

indulge in his drinks during special occasions where our family gathered and the men would

currently imbibing had me frown in concern. It’s true that it’s a special occasion, and he could cut loose a

Drink something non-alcoholic, okay?” I passed him a glass of juice and raised my own

delight. “Thanks, Lili. Okay, okay. I promise I’ll stop after your boyfriend over there downed

Dominic as if daring him to do

not good with alcohol. He was hospitalized one time because

that in the eyes of someone like my grandfather, who used to guzzle booze as freely as

had instead found something else to pick on the latter—more specifically, that he had too weak a stomach and

in amused exasperation, I watched Dominic nod amicably in response to Grandfather’s chiding before

he said the last part, he looked at me

turned away, cheeks burning. He’d better not put in any more hours

sign of how much I cared about him. Aunt Vivienne, in particular, joked that I was always thinking of him, so much so I

laughed good-naturedly while

atmosphere lasted for the rest

before telling Dominic very sternly that the latter must sleep alone

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