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

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

picked up an empty glass and poured myself

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

of our friends came over to persuade

know what

away and continued to

won't be often that we'll all be able to gather like

my persuasion, everyone gathered at the table to

Linda's POV: 

to get Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed

going over to sit with Skylar,

that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over

my words hadn't had any impact on her

still wanted to pester Jerome and keep

their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms

since I had seen Jerome act

would

couldn't fight for him

I had to maintain a kind and gentle

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

right, the protagonists of tonight should have been me and

be the one

looked like Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

were both swaying

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

was an opportunity that I could take

was so drunk, I could

he would have

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

with me, she would have no choice but to

mind, I secretly

party was

and Jerome seemed to

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

to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar away, while Anthony left with

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer with a

early," she replied with a

took Andy back to

him

sleep by yourself tonight.Don't run

I coaxed him

I

because the door

drunk to remember to lock the

to myself, I entered

by the sight of Jerome