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,"

slurred, holding on tightly to the bottle.It seemed that I couldn't stop

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

empty glass and poured

better go back.Everything will be fine

friends came over to

worry.I know

concerns away and continued

won't be often that we'll all be

persuasion, everyone gathered at the table

Linda's POV: 

Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed

with Skylar, who was drinking

she was acting depressed and

had any impact on her

still wanted to pester Jerome and keep him

I watched their table, I saw Jerome

Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay,

felt like I would go crazy

I couldn't fight for him

to maintain

sit ina corner with

the protagonists of tonight should have been me

be

Jerome and Skylar had drunk

were both swaying

Jerome from getting sloshed, but all of a sudden, something occurred

opportunity that I could

so drunk, I

sex together, he

it, the more confident I was that my idea

slept with me, she would have no

this plan in mind, I secretly

dinner party was

seemed to

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

she took Skylar away, while Anthony left with

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer

to bed early," she replied

took Andy back

the bedroom, I tucked him into bed and touched

tonight.Don't run

I coaxed him

he was asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

on my side, because the

too drunk to remember

to myself, I

greeted by the sight of Jerome curled up in