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,"

on tightly to the bottle.It seemed that I couldn't

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

an empty glass

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

our friends came over to persuade

worry.I know

and

won't be often that we'll all be able to gather like this.Let's have a

persuasion, everyone gathered at the table to

Linda's POV: 

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

with Skylar, who

she was acting depressed and pitiful

that my words hadn't had any

to pester Jerome and keep him away from

table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in

had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay,

would go

couldn't fight

to maintain

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

tonight should have been

should be the one

Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

both swaying

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

an opportunity that I could

drunk, I could easily seduce him

sex together, he would have to take responsibility

more confident I was that my

slept with me, she would have no choice but

in mind, I secretly

dinner party was over, everyone was a little

Jerome seemed to have

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

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

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with a

to bed early," she replied with

took Andy back

bedroom, I tucked him into

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

nodded obediently, and I

was asleep, I secretly

side, because the door wasn't locked

he was too drunk to

to myself, I entered the

was greeted by the sight of Jerome curled up