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

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

empty glass and poured

already late.You'd better go back.Everything will

of our friends came

worry.I know

concerns away and continued to

all be able to gather

everyone gathered at the table to drink with

Linda's POV: 

the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to dance

over to sit with

that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win

that my words hadn't had any impact on her

pester Jerome

I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold

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

I would go

fight for

all, I had to maintain a kind

had no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's friends surrounded her and

By right, the protagonists of tonight should have been

should be

now, it looked like Jerome

were both

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

was an opportunity that I could take advantage

so drunk, I could easily seduce him

together, he would have

more I thought about it, the more confident I was that

she would have

plan in mind, I secretly lingered

time the dinner party was

and Jerome seemed to

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

she took

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with a friendly

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

took Andy back to our

bedroom, I tucked him

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

I coaxed him to

was asleep, I secretly went to

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

was too drunk to remember to lock the

I entered

was greeted by the sight of Jerome