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,"

tightly to the bottle.It

with you.I'll be here with

empty glass and

better go back.Everything

our friends came over

know

concerns away and continued

won't be often that we'll all be able to gather

everyone gathered at the table to

Linda's POV: 

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

going over to sit with Skylar,

that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over

had

still wanted to pester Jerome and keep him away from

watched their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms

long time since I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay, it wasn't

I would go crazy with

couldn't fight

to maintain a kind

I had no choice but to sit ina corner

protagonists of tonight should have been me

should be the

it looked like Jerome and Skylar

both swaying

wanted to go over there and stop Jerome from getting sloshed,

was an opportunity that

Jerome was so drunk, I could easily seduce

long as we had sex together, he would

about it, the more confident

that Jerome slept with me, she would have no

I secretly lingered near

the dinner party was over, everyone

Jerome seemed to

her back

watched as she took Skylar away, while

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer

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

back

bedroom, I tucked him into bed and touched his

by yourself tonight.Don't run

obediently, and I

asleep, I secretly

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

too drunk to remember

to myself, I

was greeted by the sight