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,"

to the bottle.It seemed that I couldn't

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

glass

better go

our friends came over to persuade

worry.I know what I'm

and continued to drink

that we'll all be

everyone gathered at

Linda's POV: 

on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to

with Skylar, who was drinking like a

acting

my words hadn't had any impact

still wanted to pester Jerome and

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

I had seen Jerome act

would go crazy

I couldn't fight

to maintain a kind and

for the time being, I had no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's friends surrounded her and

right, the protagonists of tonight should have been me

be the

looked like Jerome and

both

getting sloshed, but all of a sudden, something occurred

that I could take advantage

so drunk, I could easily seduce him

as we had sex together, he would have

about it, the more confident I was that my

that Jerome slept with me, she

I secretly lingered

was over, everyone was

seemed to have drunk the

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

to Anthony.I watched as she

"Good night, Jennifer."

waved goodbye to Jennifer with a friendly

bed early,"

Andy back to

tucked him into bed and

tonight.Don't run

obediently, and I

I secretly went

side, because

too drunk to remember to lock

I entered

by the sight of Jerome