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,"

on tightly to the bottle.It seemed that

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

up an empty glass and poured myself

it's already late.You'd better go

of our friends came

worry.I know what I'm

their concerns away and continued

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

persuasion, everyone gathered at the table

Linda's POV: 

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

sit with Skylar,

was acting depressed and pitiful to win over the soft-hearted

had any impact

wanted to pester Jerome and keep him away

I saw

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

felt like I would

I couldn't fight for him

had to maintain a kind

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

protagonists of tonight should have been me

should be the

Jerome and Skylar had

both swaying

getting sloshed,

that I

was so drunk, I could easily seduce

together, he would have to take

about it, the more confident I was that my idea would

Skylar discovered that Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice but to leave

I secretly

the time the dinner party was over, everyone was a

Jerome seemed to have

her back to her room.Anthony, help

Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar away, while Anthony

"Good night, Jennifer."

waved goodbye to Jennifer with a

early," she

Andy back

tucked him into

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

nodded obediently, and I coaxed him

I secretly

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

to remember to lock the

to myself, I entered

the sight of Jerome curled up