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,"

on tightly to the

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

an empty glass and poured myself some

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

our friends came

worry.I know what I'm

away and continued to

won't be often that we'll all be able to gather like this.Let's have

my persuasion, everyone gathered at

Linda's POV: 

dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me

over to sit with Skylar, who

it was obvious that she was acting depressed

my words hadn't had any impact on her at

still wanted to pester Jerome and

bitch! As I watched their table, I saw Jerome

a long time since I had seen Jerome act this tender

I would go

couldn't fight for

maintain a kind

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

By right, the protagonists of tonight should have

be

Jerome and Skylar had

were both

Jerome from getting sloshed, but all of a

an opportunity that I could take advantage

so drunk, I could easily

as we had sex together, he would have

thought about it, the more

Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice but to

mind, I secretly

the time the dinner party was over, everyone was a little

seemed to have drunk the

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

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

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with a

bed early," she replied

took Andy back to

him

by yourself tonight.Don't run around,

I coaxed

he was asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

seemed to be on my side, because the door

to remember to lock

I

the sight of