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,"

slurred, holding on tightly to the bottle.It seemed

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

empty glass

better go back.Everything

friends came over

worry.I know what I'm

and continued to drink

all be able to gather like this.Let's have a

gathered at the

Linda's POV: 

when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with

him going over to sit with Skylar, who was drinking like a

obvious that she was acting depressed and

that my words hadn't had any impact on

to pester Jerome and keep him

their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in

act this tender and affectionate, but to

felt like I would go crazy with

I couldn't fight for

all, I had to maintain a kind

I had no choice but to sit ina corner with

of tonight should have

should be the

looked like Jerome

both swaying

and stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but all

that I could

was so drunk, I could easily seduce him

together, he would have to take

more confident I was that my idea would

with me, she

in mind, I secretly lingered

time the dinner party was over, everyone was

Jerome seemed to

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

heard Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer with a

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

Andy back

the bedroom, I tucked him into bed and

by yourself tonight.Don't run

and I coaxed him to

was asleep, I secretly went to

on my side, because the

drunk to remember to lock the

to myself, I

was greeted by the sight of Jerome curled up