Hope It's Not Too Late to Love novel Chapter 548

Chapter 552

"That won't be necessary. I can afford to buy whatever my wife needs."

Hanson shot his idea down. "You're forbidden to take even a sip of alcohol today if you run your mouth again." Does he think I'm so unreliable that I need another man to pay for my wife's things? How presumptuous of him.

Bryan was a little confused. What did I say?

Why was Hanson admonishing him all of a sudden?

He glanced at April questioningly as he wanted to ask him what was going on.

April was tempted to roll his eyes when he heard what Hanson said. Isn't that going a bit far? Must you make it a point to emphasize that too?

That being said, he was used to Hanson's undecipherable ways by now.

A slightly exasperated April gave Bryan a look. Beware of how possessive Hanson gets.

However, Bryan did not get what the look meant at all. He flashed an awkward smile and kept quiet. He did not want to say anything else lest Hanson stopped him from drinking any alcohol.

"Enough of that. Let's order." Yvonne changed the subject as she did not want to continue watching how lovey-dovey Hanson and Vania were.

That made her feel nothing but awkwardness.

"Shouldn't we wait for Thomas?" Bryan was eager to share a meal with the person he idolized.

"We can order for ourselves first and add on a few things when Thomas gets here." Yvonne was already passing the menu over to Hanson.

However, Bryan, who was completely oblivious, reached out and took the menu without even realizing Yvonne's reluctance to let him have it. "Let me see what kind of alcohol they serve here."

That left Yvonne's hand hanging awkwardly in the air. She was glaring at Bryan on the inside, but she took another menu and passed it to Hanson again. "Why don't you take a look and see what you'd like to eat?"

Hanson did not take the menu from her but instead reached out to take one for himself from the stack on the side. At the same time, he pulled Vania into his arms and murmured into her ear, "You should eat more. You'll need it."

Vania glared at him in silent warning to not say any more nonsense.

Hanson was amused by her expression. "I won't say anything else. Take a look at the menu."

Right then, Bryan stopped flipping through the menu and stared at Hanson in disbelief. "Hanson's smiling."

His shocked tone and expression were exactly the same as the one Thomas had previously.

Hanson could not be bothered to respond to that comment. "Just read your menu and stop looking around."

His expression grew stern again as he said that.

It was as if the smile that Bryan saw on Hanson's face earlier was nothing more than a hallucination.

"Right." Bryan blinked. Was he seeing things just now?

Hanson did smile.

"Lulu, let's share a menu." Yvonne felt triggered, but she could only change the subject.

"Sure."

Women could usually sense other women's emotions pretty well. Lulu seemed to have noticed that something was wrong, but she did not ask about it.

Instead, she turned to Bryan. "Mr. Jones, have you selected the wine?"

Bryan nodded. "Of course. We'll take all of it." He waved his hand with a generous flourish.

"Hey, little brat. Looks like your alcohol tolerance has improved after being locked up for a few days."

It was Thomas, who called out laughingly from the door.

"Thomas!" Bryan exclaimed in glee once he heard Thomas' voice. He quickly set the menu aside and got up to greet him.

However, as soon as he got up, he froze and stammered, "Uncle Liam, why are you here?"

"If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known just how well you hold your alcohol." The man snorted.

This was the youngest son of the Jones family's second generation. He was only a little older than Hanson, and just like him, he went out on his own and found success at an early age. Hanson and Liam were like-minded people who had similar interests and thus forged a strong friendship between them.