Love the Second Time Around Novel

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.”

smirked. “Are

by his devil-may-care attitude when his health was at stake.

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

and I did act like quite

enough talking, more eating,” Grandfather

the room. There was one thing Uncle Frank was right about—it was in fact a

day, when his health was better, he used to have a drink

hand, was a social drinker and

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

allowed to indulge in his drinks during special occasions where our family

concern. It’s true that it’s a

passed him a glass of juice and raised my own by way of toasting. “Cheers to

promise I’ll stop after

if

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

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

else to pick on the

Dominic nod amicably in response to Grandfather’s chiding before promising that he would exercise to be stronger so he could “take better

at me with a

back at him uncomprehendingly for a second before the realization that it was an innuendo dawned. I turned away, cheeks burning. He’d better not

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

laughed good-naturedly while

lasted for the rest of

after dinner, Grandfather retired to his room, but not before telling Dominic

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