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

empty glass and poured myself

go back.Everything

came over to

know

and continued to drink

all be able to gather

at

Linda's POV: 

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

to sit with Skylar, who was drinking like a

obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to

that my words hadn't had any

Jerome and keep him away from

I saw

act this tender

I would go crazy

couldn't fight for

maintain a kind and gentle

but to sit ina corner with Andy

of tonight should have

should be the

now, it looked like Jerome and

were both

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

that I could take

I could easily seduce

sex together, he would have

the more confident I was that my idea would

with me, she would

I secretly lingered near

time the dinner party was over, everyone was a little

Jerome seemed to have drunk

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

Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar away,

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with a friendly

Linda.Go to bed early," she replied with a

back to our

him into bed and

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

obediently, and I coaxed him to

he was asleep, I secretly went to

to be on my side, because the

he was too drunk to remember to lock the

I entered the

the sight of Jerome curled