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?”

his devil-may-care attitude when his health was at

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

flushed. In retrospect, Dominic and I did act like quite a couple

talking, more eating,” Grandfather said. “Everyone

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

health was better, he used to have

hand, was a social

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

during special occasions where our

true that it’s a special occasion, and

I passed him a glass of juice and raised my own by way of

promise I’ll stop after your boyfriend over there downed a drink

at Dominic as if

alcohol. He was hospitalized one

but I forgot that in the eyes of someone like my grandfather, who used

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

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

looked at me with a raised brow loaded with

realization that it was an innuendo dawned. I turned away, cheeks burning. He’d

much I cared about him. Aunt Vivienne, in particular, joked that

others laughed good-naturedly

atmosphere lasted for the rest of

telling Dominic very sternly that the latter must sleep alone in a separate

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