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

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

empty glass and poured

it's already late.You'd better go

friends came over to

worry.I know what

concerns away and continued

be often that we'll all be able to gather like this.Let's have a drink

everyone gathered at

Linda's POV: 

get Jerome's 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

that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over the soft-hearted

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

to pester Jerome and keep him away from

shameless bitch! As I watched their table, I saw Jerome

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

felt like I would go crazy with

I couldn't fight for

I had to maintain a

ina corner with Andy and just watch

tonight

should be the

it looked like Jerome and Skylar had drunk

were both swaying

and stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but all of

opportunity that I

Jerome was so drunk, I could easily seduce

sex together, he would have to take responsibility for

about it, the more confident I

slept with me, she

I secretly

party was over, everyone was a little

and Jerome seemed to have

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

watched as she took Skylar away,

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer with a friendly

bed early,"

took Andy back to our

bedroom, I tucked him into

tonight.Don't run

nodded obediently, and I

I secretly went to Jerome's

be on my side, because the door

he was too drunk to

myself, I

by the sight of Jerome curled up