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

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

glass and

go back.Everything will be fine

of our friends came over to persuade

worry.I know what

away and continued to drink

we'll all be able to gather like this.Let's

everyone gathered at the

Linda's POV: 

dance floor when he pushed me away, asked

with Skylar, who

it was obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over the

my words hadn't had any

Jerome and

bitch! As I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar

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

felt like I would go

couldn't fight

all, I had to maintain a kind and

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

By right, the protagonists of tonight should have been me and

should be the

it looked like Jerome and Skylar had drunk

were both swaying

over there and stop Jerome from getting

opportunity that I could take

Jerome was so drunk, I

we had sex together, he

the more confident I was that

discovered that Jerome slept with me, she would have no

mind, I

the time the dinner party was over, everyone was

Jerome seemed to have drunk

of Skylar.Don't worry.I'll send her back to her room.Anthony, help Jerome go

watched as she took Skylar away, while Anthony left with

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer

early," she replied with a

took Andy back to

bedroom, I tucked him into bed

run around, okay?" I

nodded obediently, and I

was asleep, I secretly went to

on my side, because the door

he was too drunk to remember

I

sight of Jerome