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

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

empty glass and poured myself

already late.You'd better go

our friends came over to persuade

worry.I know what

and continued

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

at

Linda's POV: 

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

to sit with Skylar, who

acting depressed and pitiful to win

that my words hadn't had any

pester Jerome

saw

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

I would go crazy

fight for him

I had to maintain a kind and

no choice but to sit ina corner

right, the protagonists of tonight should have

should be the one

Jerome and Skylar had

both

from getting

that

so drunk, I could easily

sex together, he would have

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

that Jerome slept with me, she would have no

in mind, I secretly lingered near their

was

and Jerome seemed to have

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

Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer with a

to bed early," she

back to our

I tucked him into

run around, okay?" I

nodded obediently, and I coaxed him

was asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

to be on my side, because the door wasn't locked from the

drunk to remember to lock the

I entered the

sight of Jerome