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

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

glass and poured myself

already late.You'd better go back.Everything will

of our friends came

know

and continued to

be able to gather like this.Let's

persuasion, everyone gathered at the table to drink with

Linda's POV: 

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

saw him going over to sit with Skylar, who was drinking

was obvious that she was acting

that my words hadn't had

pester Jerome and keep him away

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

seen Jerome act this

would go crazy with

couldn't fight for him

to maintain a kind and gentle

choice but to sit ina

of tonight should have been

should be

now, it looked like Jerome

both

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

an opportunity that I

Jerome was so drunk, I could easily seduce

he would have to take responsibility

it, the more confident I

with me, she would have no

plan in mind, I secretly lingered near their

the dinner party was over,

and Jerome seemed to have

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

say to Anthony.I watched as she took

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer

too, Linda.Go to bed early," she replied with a

back to our

tucked him into bed

by yourself tonight.Don't run

and I coaxed him

was asleep, I secretly went

on my side, because the

was too drunk to remember to lock the

myself, I entered the

was greeted by the sight of