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,"

slurred, holding on tightly to the bottle.It seemed that I couldn't stop

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

up an empty glass and poured myself some

go back.Everything

friends came over to persuade

worry.I know what I'm

waved their concerns away and continued to drink

all be able to gather like

my persuasion, everyone gathered at the table

Linda's POV: 

the dance floor when he pushed

saw him going over to sit with Skylar, who

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

words hadn't had any impact

pester Jerome and keep him

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

had been a long time since I had seen Jerome act this tender and

like I would go

I couldn't fight

had to maintain a kind and gentle

ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's friends surrounded her

protagonists of tonight

should be

it looked like Jerome and Skylar had

both

go over there and stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but all of a sudden, something

opportunity that I could

I could easily seduce him

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

more I thought about it, the more confident I was

that Jerome slept with me, she would have

mind, I secretly lingered

time the dinner party was over, everyone

to

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

as she took Skylar away, while

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer with a friendly

bed early," she replied with

back

him into bed

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

I coaxed him

he was asleep, I secretly went to

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

drunk to

myself, I entered the

by the sight of Jerome curled