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

with you.I'll

glass and poured

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

friends came over

know what I'm

waved their concerns away and continued to drink with

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

at the table

Linda's POV: 

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

sit with Skylar,

obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over

words hadn't had any impact

wanted to pester Jerome and keep him away

table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms and patiently coax

I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate,

I would

fight for

I had to maintain a kind and gentle

the time being, I had no choice but to sit ina corner

the protagonists of tonight should have been me and

be

Jerome and Skylar had

both

stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but all of a sudden,

that

I could

had sex together, he would have to

more confident I was that my idea would

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

I

the dinner party was over, everyone

to have drunk

send her back to her room.Anthony, help Jerome

she took Skylar away,

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer with

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

took Andy back to our

him into bed and

by yourself tonight.Don't run around,

I coaxed him

asleep, I secretly went

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

drunk to

to myself, I entered the

by the sight