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,"

to the bottle.It seemed

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

an empty glass and poured myself

it's already late.You'd better go

of our friends came over

worry.I know what

their concerns away and continued to

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

my persuasion, everyone gathered at the table to drink

Linda's POV: 

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

with

acting depressed and pitiful to win

words hadn't had any impact on her at

wanted to pester Jerome and keep him away

I saw Jerome hold

since I had seen Jerome act this tender and

I would go crazy with

couldn't fight for

maintain

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

of tonight should have

be the

now, it looked like Jerome and Skylar had

were both swaying

from getting sloshed,

that I could

Jerome was so drunk, I could easily seduce

as we had sex together, he would have to take

it, the more confident I was that my idea would

slept with me, she would have no

mind, I secretly

the time the dinner party was over,

and Jerome seemed to

worry.I'll send her back to her

to Anthony.I watched as she took

"Good night, Jennifer."

waved goodbye to Jennifer with

bed early," she

back to our

the bedroom, I tucked him into bed

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

obediently, and I coaxed him to

asleep, I secretly

my side, because the

too drunk to

to myself, I

was greeted by the sight of Jerome curled up in