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?”

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

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

did

more eating,” Grandfather

thing Uncle Frank was right about—it was in fact a tradition in this household for the men to drink and make

the day, when his health was better,

was a social drinker and

a heart bypass surgery some time ago, the doctor had told

drinks during special occasions where our family gathered and the men would drink to

true that it’s a special occasion, and he

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

promise I’ll stop after your boyfriend

looked at Dominic as if

said pleadingly. “Dominic’s not good with alcohol. He

some slack, but I forgot that in the eyes of someone like my grandfather, who used to guzzle booze as freely as he breathed, being

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

Dominic nod amicably in response to Grandfather’s chiding before promising that

last part, he looked at me with a raised brow loaded with

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 in the gym! If his stamina becomes any better in bed, I’d probably

as a sign of how much I cared about him. Aunt Vivienne, in

good-naturedly

for the rest

not before telling Dominic very

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