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,"

holding on tightly to the bottle.It

you want to get drunk, I'll drink together with you.I'll

an empty glass and poured

it's already late.You'd better go back.Everything will be

of our friends came over to persuade

know what I'm

waved their concerns away and continued

be

my persuasion, everyone gathered at the table to

Linda's POV: 

when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone else, and

going over to sit with Skylar, who was drinking

she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over the

my words hadn't had

to pester Jerome and keep him away

saw Jerome hold Skylar

seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to my

felt like I would go

fight

to maintain a kind and gentle

but to sit ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's friends surrounded her and

the protagonists of tonight should have been me

should be the one

now, it looked like Jerome and Skylar had drunk

both swaying

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

an opportunity that I could take

was so drunk, I could

together, he

more confident I was that my

that Jerome slept with me, she

this plan in mind, I secretly

party was over,

to have drunk the

take care of Skylar.Don't worry.I'll send her back to

watched as she took Skylar away,

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer with a

too, Linda.Go to bed early,"

Andy back to our

him

tonight.Don't run around, okay?" I said

nodded obediently, and I coaxed him to

I

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

was too drunk to remember to lock

I entered

was greeted by the sight of