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?”

what if I am?” I glared at him, peeved by his devil-may-care attitude

looked at us teasingly. “What sweet nothings are you two whispering? Keep your pillow talk

and I did act like

eating,” Grandfather said.

right about—it was in fact a

Back in the day, when his health was better, he used to have a drink at

other hand, was a social drinker and only imbibed alcohol when Grandfather was

some time ago, the doctor had told him to

in his drinks during special occasions where

in concern. It’s true that it’s

enough for today! Drink something non-alcoholic, okay?” I passed him a glass of juice and raised my own by way of toasting. “Cheers to your good

I’ll stop after your

as if daring him

with alcohol. He

Dominic some slack, but I forgot that in the eyes of someone like my grandfather, who used to guzzle booze

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

in amused exasperation, I watched Dominic nod amicably in response to Grandfather’s chiding before promising that he would exercise to be stronger so he

said the last part, he looked at me with

him uncomprehendingly for a second before the realization that it was an innuendo dawned. I turned away, cheeks burning. He’d better not put in any more hours

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

others laughed good-naturedly

pleasant atmosphere lasted for the rest of the

after dinner, Grandfather retired to his room, but not before telling Dominic very sternly that the latter must sleep alone in a separate

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