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?”

at him, peeved by his devil-may-care attitude when his health was at stake. “No seconds, and

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

retrospect, Dominic and I did act

more eating,” Grandfather said. “Everyone dig

right about—it was in fact

Back in the day, when his health was better, he used

other hand, was a social drinker and only imbibed alcohol

a heart bypass surgery some time ago, the doctor had told him to cut back on liquor, much

in his drinks during special occasions where our family

alcohol Grandfather was currently imbibing had me frown in concern. It’s true

you’ve had 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

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

if daring

alcohol. He

Grandfather to cut Dominic some slack, but I forgot that in the eyes of someone like my grandfather, who

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

amicably in response to Grandfather’s chiding before promising that he

looked at me with a

it was an innuendo dawned. I turned away, cheeks burning. He’d better not put in any more hours in the gym! If his stamina becomes any

took my persistent attempt to stop Dominic from drinking as a sign of how much I cared about him. Aunt Vivienne,

others laughed good-naturedly while

atmosphere lasted for the rest of the

Grandfather retired to his room, but not before telling Dominic very

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