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 bottle.It seemed

want to get drunk, I'll drink together with

up an empty glass and

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

our friends came

know what

and continued to

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

persuasion, everyone gathered at the table

Linda's POV: 

attention on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone else, and

him going over to sit with Skylar, who was drinking like a

she was acting depressed and

had any impact on

pester Jerome and keep

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

been a long time since I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay, it wasn't towards

felt like I would

couldn't fight for

I had to maintain a kind and gentle

but to sit ina corner with Andy and just

tonight should have been me and

be

like Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

were both swaying

getting sloshed, but all

an opportunity that I could

was so drunk, I could easily

we had sex together, he

I thought about it, the more confident I was that

Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice

mind, I secretly lingered

time the dinner party was over, everyone was

to

worry.I'll send her back to her room.Anthony,

as she took

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer with

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

took Andy back to

bedroom, I tucked him into bed and touched his

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

I coaxed

asleep, I

on my side, because the door

drunk to remember to

I entered the

greeted by the sight