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,"

to the bottle.It seemed

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

up an empty glass and poured

better go back.Everything will

of our friends came

worry.I know

their concerns away and continued to drink with

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

persuasion, everyone gathered at the

Linda's POV: 

was still trying to get Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone

over to sit with Skylar, who was drinking like

obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win

had any

pester Jerome and

bitch! As I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold

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

would go crazy with

I couldn't fight

all, I had to maintain a

ina corner

the protagonists of tonight should have

should be the

now, it looked like Jerome and Skylar had

were both

and stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but all

that

Jerome was so drunk, I

together, he would

the more confident I was that my

she would have no choice

this plan in mind, I

was over, everyone

to have drunk the

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

she took

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer with a

too, Linda.Go to bed early," she

took Andy back to our

him into bed and touched his

run around,

and I coaxed

I secretly

because the door wasn't locked

too drunk to remember to

to myself, I entered the

sight