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

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

empty glass and poured myself

it's already late.You'd better go

our friends came

worry.I know what

waved their concerns away and

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

at

Linda's POV: 

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

sit with

was obvious that she was acting

had

to pester Jerome and keep him away

As I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms and patiently

Jerome act

like I would go crazy with

I couldn't fight for

had to maintain a kind and gentle

sit ina corner with Andy and just watch

the protagonists of tonight should have been me

be

it looked like Jerome and Skylar had

both swaying

getting sloshed, but all of a sudden, something occurred

an opportunity that I

so drunk, I could easily

as we had sex together, he would have to take

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

Skylar discovered that Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice but

plan in mind, I secretly lingered near

the time the dinner party was over, everyone was a little

seemed to have drunk

send her back to

watched as she took Skylar away, while Anthony left with

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with a

Linda.Go to bed early," she

Andy back to

bedroom, I tucked him into bed

run

nodded obediently, and I

I

side, because the door wasn't locked

drunk to remember

to myself, I

the sight of