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,"

the bottle.It

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

empty glass and poured myself some

it's already late.You'd better go

came over to

worry.I know what I'm

concerns away and

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

gathered at the

Linda's POV: 

get Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked

to sit with Skylar, who

she was acting depressed and

words hadn't had

pester Jerome and keep him away

table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in

seen Jerome act this tender

like I would go

fight

I had to maintain a kind and gentle

for the time being, I had no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and

tonight should have been me

be the one

Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

both

from getting sloshed, but

an opportunity that I could take advantage

so drunk, I could easily seduce him

together, he would have to take responsibility

more confident I was

she would

in mind, I secretly lingered near

time the dinner party was over, everyone was

seemed to have drunk

worry.I'll send her back to her

heard Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer with a

to bed early," she replied with a

Andy back to

him into bed and

tonight.Don't run

nodded obediently, and I coaxed him to

asleep, I secretly went

be on my side, because the

too drunk to remember to lock

I entered the

sight of Jerome