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

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

up an empty glass and

already late.You'd better go

of our friends came over to

know what I'm

waved their concerns away and continued

we'll all be able to gather like

everyone gathered at the

Linda's POV: 

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

with Skylar, who was drinking

obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful

hadn't had any impact

wanted to pester Jerome

As I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold

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

I would

I couldn't fight

had to maintain a kind

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

By right, the protagonists of tonight

be the

Jerome and Skylar had

both

getting sloshed, but all

an opportunity that I could take

drunk, I could easily seduce him

together, he would

thought about it, the more confident I was that my

she would have no choice

I

the time the dinner party was over,

to have drunk the

of Skylar.Don't worry.I'll send her back to her room.Anthony, help Jerome

heard Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with

bed early,"

back to

him into bed

tonight.Don't run

and I coaxed

I secretly went to Jerome's

on my side, because the

too drunk to remember to lock

I

was greeted by the sight of