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.”

“Are

I am?” I glared at him, peeved by his devil-may-care attitude when his health was at stake. “No seconds, and that’s

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

Dominic and I did act like quite a couple just

eating,” Grandfather said. “Everyone

of glasses filled the room. There was one thing Uncle Frank was right

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

a social drinker and only imbibed alcohol when Grandfather was

doctor had told him to cut

in his drinks during special occasions where our family

 It’s true that it’s a special occasion, and he

non-alcoholic, okay?” I passed him a glass of

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

looked at Dominic as if daring him to

“Dominic’s not good with alcohol. He was hospitalized one

that in the eyes of someone like my grandfather,

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

tried my best. Shaking my head in amused exasperation, I watched Dominic nod amicably in response to Grandfather’s

he looked at me with a raised brow

burning. He’d better not put in

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

others laughed good-naturedly while I feigned

for the

room, but not before telling Dominic very sternly

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