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,"

the bottle.It seemed that I couldn't

I'll drink together with you.I'll be

picked up an empty glass and poured myself

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

of our friends came

worry.I know what I'm

concerns away and continued to drink

we'll all be able

at the

Linda's POV: 

when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone else,

going over to sit with

me, it was obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win

my words hadn't had any impact on her at

pester Jerome and keep him

saw Jerome hold Skylar in his

long time since I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay, it wasn't

felt like I would go crazy with

fight

had to maintain a kind and gentle

I had no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and just watch

the protagonists of tonight

should be the one

like Jerome and Skylar had

both swaying

go over there and stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but all of a sudden, something

opportunity that I could take

Jerome was so drunk, I could easily seduce

he

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

me, she would have no

I

the time the dinner party was

to have drunk the

care of Skylar.Don't worry.I'll send her back

to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar away, while Anthony left with

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with a friendly

Linda.Go to bed early," she

back to

tucked him into bed

yourself tonight.Don't run

obediently, and I coaxed him to

asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

on my side, because

he was too drunk to remember to lock the

myself, I entered the

by the sight of Jerome