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

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

picked up an empty glass and poured myself some

go back.Everything

our friends came over to

worry.I know

away and continued to drink

on, guys.It won't be often that we'll all be able to gather

at the

Linda's POV: 

attention on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone else, and walked

sit with

obvious that she was acting depressed

my words hadn't had any impact on her at

Jerome and keep him away

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

since I had seen Jerome act this tender

like I would go crazy with

fight for

had to maintain a kind and gentle

being, I had no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and just

protagonists of tonight should have

be the one

like Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

were both swaying

getting sloshed, but all of a sudden,

opportunity that

was so drunk, I could

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

about it, the more confident

me, she would have no

plan in mind, I

was over, everyone

seemed to have drunk

send her back to her room.Anthony,

watched as she

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer

Linda.Go to bed early,"

Andy back to our

I tucked him into bed and touched his

run around,

and I coaxed him

asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

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

he was too drunk to remember to lock the

I entered the

by the sight of Jerome curled