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,"

to the bottle.It seemed that I couldn't stop

drink together with

picked up an empty glass and poured

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

of our friends came over

know what

and continued to drink

that we'll all be able

everyone gathered at the table to

Linda's POV: 

he pushed me away, asked me

him going over to sit with Skylar, who was drinking

was acting depressed and pitiful to win

words hadn't had any impact on her

pester Jerome and keep him

I watched their table, I saw Jerome

seen Jerome act this tender

I would go crazy

fight

all, I had to maintain a kind and gentle

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

of tonight

should be

looked like Jerome and Skylar

were both

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

opportunity that I

I

we had sex together, he would have to take

more confident I was that my

discovered that Jerome slept with me, she would

in mind, I

the dinner party was over, everyone was

Jerome seemed to have drunk

worry.I'll send her back

Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar away, while Anthony

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer with a friendly

bed early,"

took Andy back to

I tucked him into bed and touched

run

obediently, and I coaxed him

he was asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

because the

too drunk to remember to lock the

to myself, I entered

the sight of Jerome curled