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,"

tightly to the bottle.It seemed

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

glass and poured myself some

late.You'd better go back.Everything

came over

know what I'm

waved their concerns away and continued

be able

my persuasion, everyone gathered at the table

Linda's POV: 

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

to sit with Skylar,

it was obvious that she was acting depressed and

that my words hadn't had any impact on her

Jerome and keep him

As I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms

I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but

felt like I would go

fight

all, I had to maintain a kind and gentle

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

the protagonists of tonight

be

Jerome and Skylar had drunk

both swaying

getting sloshed, but all

opportunity that

was so drunk, I could easily

long as we had sex together, he would

more I thought about it, the more

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

mind, I

dinner party was over, everyone was a little

Jerome seemed to

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

Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer with a friendly

to bed early," she

Andy back to our

the bedroom, I tucked him into bed

by yourself tonight.Don't run

obediently, and I

he was asleep, I secretly

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

he was too drunk to

I entered

sight