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 that I couldn't

want to get drunk, I'll drink together with

an empty glass and poured myself

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

our friends came over

know

waved their concerns away and continued to

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

my persuasion, everyone gathered at the table to

Linda's POV: 

he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone

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

me, it was obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over the soft-hearted

hadn't had any impact on her

wanted to pester Jerome and keep him away

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

since I had seen Jerome act this

would go

couldn't fight

all, I had to maintain a

but to sit ina corner with Andy and just watch

protagonists of tonight should have been me

should be the

now, it looked like Jerome and Skylar had

both

Jerome from getting sloshed, but all

an opportunity that I

drunk, I could

long as we had sex together, he would have to take responsibility

more I thought about it, the more

Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice

this plan in mind, I secretly lingered

the dinner party was over, everyone was a

to have drunk

take care of Skylar.Don't worry.I'll send her back to her room.Anthony,

heard Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar away,

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with a

bed early,"

took Andy back

the bedroom, I tucked him into bed and touched

tonight.Don't run around, okay?"

obediently, and I coaxed him to

he was asleep, I secretly went

seemed to be on my side, because the door wasn't locked

too drunk to

I

greeted by the sight of Jerome curled up