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 seemed that

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

an empty glass

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

friends came over to

know what I'm

away and continued to drink with

often that we'll all be able to gather like this.Let's have

at the table

Linda's POV: 

was still trying to get Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone else,

over to sit with Skylar, who was

was acting depressed

seemed that my words hadn't had any impact on her

wanted to pester Jerome and keep

table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his

been a long time since I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but

would

fight for him

had to maintain a

sit ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's friends

By right, the protagonists of tonight should have been

be the

like Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

both swaying

over there and stop Jerome from getting

was an opportunity that

Jerome was so drunk, I

he would have to

more I thought about it, the more confident I

discovered that Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice

I secretly lingered near their

party was over, everyone was

and Jerome seemed to

worry.I'll send her back to her room.Anthony, help

watched as she took Skylar away,

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer

Linda.Go to bed early," she replied with

took Andy back to

the bedroom, I tucked him into bed and touched his

run around, okay?"

nodded obediently, and I coaxed him to

was asleep, I

my side, because the door wasn't locked from

was too drunk to remember to

myself, I entered

the sight of