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 stop

I'll drink together with you.I'll be

up an empty glass and poured

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

came over to

know what

their concerns away and continued to drink

won't be often that we'll all be

everyone gathered at the table to drink

Linda's POV: 

still trying to get Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone

to sit with Skylar, who was drinking

that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win

words hadn't had

wanted to pester Jerome

table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in

I had seen Jerome act this tender and

felt like I would go

I couldn't fight

had to maintain

to sit ina corner with Andy and

protagonists of tonight should have been

should be the

it looked like Jerome and Skylar had

were both swaying

getting sloshed, but all of a sudden, something occurred to

that I could take

drunk, I could easily

had sex together, he would have to

more I thought about it, the more confident I was that my idea

me, she would have no choice but

in mind, I

was over,

and Jerome seemed to have drunk

send her

watched as she took Skylar away, while Anthony

"Good night, Jennifer."

waved goodbye to Jennifer

Linda.Go to bed early," she replied

back

him into bed

run

and I coaxed him

was asleep, I

be on my side, because the door

to remember to lock the

I

by the sight of Jerome