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,"

to the bottle.It seemed that I couldn't

get drunk, I'll drink together with you.I'll be

up an empty glass

late.You'd better go

friends came over

know what I'm

their concerns away and continued

guys.It won't be often that we'll all be able to gather like this.Let's have

at

Linda's POV: 

trying to get Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed

saw him going over to sit with

acting depressed and pitiful to win over the

that my words hadn't had any

to pester Jerome and

shameless bitch! As I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms and patiently coax

had seen Jerome act this

felt like I would go crazy with

fight for

had to maintain a kind

ina corner

protagonists of tonight should have

be the one

Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

both

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

was an opportunity that I could take advantage

Jerome was so drunk, I could easily seduce

as we had sex together, he would have

more confident I was that my

with me, she would

plan in mind, I secretly

dinner party was over, everyone was a

seemed to have drunk

her back to her room.Anthony, help Jerome go

watched as she took Skylar away, while

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer

bed early," she replied

took Andy back

the bedroom, I tucked him into bed and touched his

sleep by yourself tonight.Don't run around,

and I coaxed

I secretly went to

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

to remember to lock

myself, I entered

the sight of