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 bottle.It seemed that I couldn't

together with you.I'll

glass and poured myself some

late.You'd better go back.Everything

came over to persuade

know what I'm

waved their concerns away and continued to

often that we'll all be able to gather like this.Let's have

persuasion, everyone gathered at the table to

Linda's POV: 

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

with Skylar, who was drinking like

she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over

that my words hadn't had any impact on

Jerome and keep him away

I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold

a long time since I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay, it

I would go

couldn't fight for him

maintain a

no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's friends surrounded her and

tonight should have

be the

it looked like Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

were both swaying

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

opportunity that I could

drunk, I could easily

had sex together, he would

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

me, she would have

this plan in mind, I secretly lingered

was over, everyone

seemed to

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

to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar away,

"Good night, Jennifer."

waved goodbye to Jennifer with a

to bed early," she replied with a

Andy back to our

him into bed

run around,

obediently, and I coaxed him

was asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

side, because the door wasn't

drunk to remember to lock

to myself, I

was greeted by the sight of Jerome