Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Linda's POV: 

I woke up early the next morning, while Jerome was still asleep.

Looking at his sleeping face brought me a sense of joy that I hadn't felt in a long time.

Nothing had happened between us last night.

Despite how hard I had tried to seduce him, Jerome didn't want to have sex with me at all.

In the end, I had no choice but to take off his clothes and lie next to him naked.

Lying next to each other naked was enough.

With that, I'd be able to convince Jerome that we had sex last night.

I decided to deal a heavy blow to Skylar.

So I sneaked into the bathroom and called Andy.

"Andy, my dear son.Go find Skylar right now and ask her to take you to find your dad, okay?"

"Mom, where are you?" Andy asked.

"Andy, don't worry about that.Ask Skylar to take you to see your dad first, okay?"

"Okay, Mom,"

Andy agreed on the other end of the line.I knew my son well.

No matter how confused he was, he would listen to me and do as I said.

After hanging up the phone, I tiptoed back to bed, tightly clung onto Jerome's naked body, and pretended to be fast asleep.

A while later, I felt movement next to me.

It seemed that Jerome was stirring from his sleep.

"Linda? Why are you here?"

Jerome asked in panic and pushed me away without hesitation.

Did he loathe me this much? His first reaction after waking up in the same bed as me was to push me away.

I suppressed my frustration and blinked sleepily, as if I had just woken up.

Then, I crawled into his arms with an aggrieved look.

"Jerome, we had sex last night.You know what? It's been a long time since I felt this happy."

"Linda, what are you talking about?" Jerome's eyes widened in disbelief.

"What on earth happened? I was drinking with Skylar last night.Why are you in my bed?"

"Jerome, you don't remember? You got so drunk last night.I was worried about you, so I came to see if you were okay.But you held onto me and didn't let me go.You kept talking about our past together, Jerome.You said you couldn't forget me, and that you looked for me for a long time."

I tried my best to tell him a believable lie.

"That's impossible.Why would I say something like that to you? I love Skylar.I wouldn't want to sleep with anyone else, no matter how drunk I was,"

Jerome said firmly.

that he didn't

about you at all.I really wished that I could be with you again.But the truth is, you're the one who initiated something last night.Why don't you just admit it? Are you regretting it

tears pooling

impossible.I would never do

his head with his hands and shook his head desperately, like he wanted

You think I'm a woman who would lie about something

at the messy clothes strewn over the floor and the marks covering

these hickeys.Last night, you tore off my clothes

tried

to treat me like a cheap

time, instead of denying anything,

that I managed to shake his conviction about

how Skylar will react, I

offered, pretending

can't let her go.I won't

cover his head

took a deep breath and looked at

did, but the thing is, I really don't remember having

person you are.You don't want to admit our past.You don't

I broke down completely.

down my eyes, and

time, I successfully won over

me and

cry.I

on his pajamas, and then found a set of clean

put on these clothes

continued to cry,

clothes I was wearing belonged

was all

Skylar's POV: 

a night of drinking, I had

eyes with some difficulty and stared blankly at the

last night

I couldn't remember anything about

mind was in

on my slippers and lugged myself to

I washed my face, I felt a little more

this time, I heard a

"Hang on."

changing my clothes, I went to

had come to see me was the

doing here?" I asked, touching his

take me to see him? Mom didn't come back last night, so I had to sleep alone.I was

you poor baby.Come on, let's go

sorry for him, I

"Okay.Thank you."

Andy nodded.

who had grown up

had a hard

in the

going to see