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 stop

want to get drunk, I'll drink together with you.I'll

glass

go back.Everything

of our friends came over to persuade

worry.I know what I'm

concerns away and continued to drink

be often that we'll all be able to gather like

persuasion, everyone gathered at the table to drink with

Linda's POV: 

to get Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed me

saw him going over to sit with Skylar,

was obvious that she was acting

seemed that my words hadn't had any impact on her

to pester Jerome and keep him away

a shameless bitch! As I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms and

a 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

couldn't fight

had to maintain a kind and gentle

to sit ina

tonight

should be the

it looked like Jerome and Skylar had drunk

were both

from getting sloshed, but all of a sudden,

opportunity that I could

so drunk, I could easily

he would

it, the more confident I was that

Skylar discovered that Jerome slept with me, she

plan in mind, I secretly lingered

was over, everyone was

seemed to have drunk the

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

she took Skylar away, while Anthony left with

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer

too, Linda.Go to bed early," she replied with

back to

I tucked him

by yourself tonight.Don't run around, okay?" I

obediently, and I

asleep, I

seemed to be on my side, because

was too drunk to remember

I entered the

was greeted by the sight of