Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Jerome's POV: 

Although I was dancing with Linda on the dance floor, my attention was fixed on Skylar.

When I saw her gulping down glass after glass of alcohol like she wanted to drown her sorrows, I felt as if a knife was piercing my heart.

"Focus, Jerome," Linda said to me.

She even slipped her arms around my waist, trying to get close to me.

"Sorry, I have to leave now.You can dance with someone else."

Excusing myself as politely as I could, I pushed Linda away and walked towards Skylar.

When I reached the table Skylar was sitting at, I grabbed her glass out of her hand and shot her a pointed look.

"Skylar, stop drinking.Let me take you back," I told her.

To my dismay, Skylar was so drunk that she didn't even recognize me.

"Who are you?" she slurred.

Her cheeks were flushed red, and her eyes looked hazy.

It seemed that she was already dead drunk.I couldn't let her drink anymore.

"Why did you steal my glass? I want to drink more! Give it back to me!"

Skylar's voice rose in anger as she spoke, and she snatched the glass back from me.

"Skylar, listen to me.Stop drinking.I'll take you back to your room,"

I coaxed her gently.

But as if she didn't hear me at all, Skylar picked up the bottle of alcohol and poured herself another glass to drink.

Sitting next to her, I hugged her and looked at her sadly.

"Skylar, please don't torture yourself, okay? You're breaking my heart."

"You know what? I've lost the one person in the world that I love the most.I thought there was finally light in my world, but now it is dark again.Do you have any idea what despair feels like? Since I was a child, I grew up without a family.I thought I'd finally have a family now, but I was wrong," Skylar cried.

Her words were like a slap in my face.

What did she mean by saying she didn't have a family now? I was her family, wasn't I? 

"Skylar, what are you saying? You have me, and you have great friends like Jennifer.All of us love you, and we will always be by your side."

I held her tightly in my arms, wishing that my embrace would be enough to comfort her and calm her down.

Somehow, I had a bad feeling that if I loosened my grip on her now, she would disappear from my life forever.

"No, I don't know you.Go away! I just want to get drunk and forget everything,"

on tightly to the bottle.It

with

up an empty glass and poured myself some

late.You'd better go back.Everything

of our friends came over to

know what

their concerns away and continued to drink

be often that we'll all be able to gather

my persuasion, everyone gathered at the

Linda's POV: 

trying to get Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone else,

sit with Skylar, who was drinking like a

me, it was obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over the

my words hadn't had any

pester Jerome and keep

I saw Jerome hold

act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay, it wasn't towards

felt like I would go crazy

I couldn't fight for him

I had to maintain a kind and

had no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and just

of tonight should have been me

be the one

Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

were both swaying

wanted to go over there and stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but all of a

was an opportunity that I could take advantage

so drunk, I could easily

together, he

it, the more confident

that Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice but to

I

the time the dinner party was over, everyone was a

Jerome seemed to have drunk the

send her back to

watched as she took Skylar away, while

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with

too, Linda.Go to bed early," she replied with a

back to our

bedroom, I tucked him into bed and

yourself tonight.Don't run

obediently, and I coaxed

was asleep, I secretly

seemed to be on my side, because the door wasn't locked from

was too drunk to remember to

I entered the

sight of Jerome curled up