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

you want to get drunk, I'll drink together with

glass and poured

better go back.Everything will be fine

our friends came over to persuade

know what I'm

and continued to

be able to gather like this.Let's

everyone gathered at the table to drink with

Linda's POV: 

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

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

it was obvious that she was acting depressed

hadn't had any impact

to pester Jerome and keep him away from

their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in

had been a long time since I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but

like I would

fight for him

to maintain a

to sit ina corner with Andy

protagonists of tonight should have been me

should be

looked like Jerome

were both swaying

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

was an opportunity that I could take

I could easily

sex together, he would have to

thought about it, the more confident I was that my idea would

she would

I secretly lingered near

the time the dinner party was

seemed to have

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

she took Skylar away,

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer with a friendly

too, Linda.Go to bed early,"

Andy back to

bedroom, I tucked him into bed and touched his

tonight.Don't run

I coaxed

was asleep, I secretly went to

because the door wasn't locked

he was too drunk to remember to lock the

to myself, I

by the sight of Jerome curled up in