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,"

holding on tightly to the

to get drunk, I'll drink together with you.I'll be here with you.I'll do whatever

empty glass and poured myself

better go back.Everything will be fine

our friends came over

know what

concerns away and continued

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

at the

Linda's POV: 

the dance floor when he pushed

saw him going over to sit with

obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to

hadn't had

to pester Jerome and keep him away from

their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar

time since I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to

like I would

I couldn't fight for him

I had to maintain a kind and gentle

ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's

tonight should have

should be the one

Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

both

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

opportunity that

drunk, I could easily

together, he

it, the more confident I was that

Skylar discovered that Jerome slept with me, she would have no

mind, I

the dinner party was over,

seemed to

her back

say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with

bed early," she

took Andy back to our

tucked him into bed and touched his

by yourself tonight.Don't run around,

nodded obediently, and I coaxed him to

was asleep, I

be on my side, because

to remember

myself, I

by the sight