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,"

tightly to the bottle.It seemed that

I'll drink together with you.I'll be here

an empty glass

it's already late.You'd better go back.Everything will be fine

of our friends came

know what

concerns away and

be often that we'll all be able to gather like

everyone gathered at

Linda's POV: 

attention on the dance floor when he pushed

sit with Skylar, who was drinking like a

was obvious that she was acting depressed

seemed that my words hadn't had any impact on her

wanted to pester Jerome and keep him away from

I saw Jerome

since I had seen Jerome act

like I would go

I couldn't fight for him

to maintain a kind

ina corner with Andy and just

By right, the protagonists of tonight should have

be the one

now, it looked like Jerome

were both swaying

stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but all of a

opportunity that I could take advantage

Jerome was so drunk, I

he would have to

about it, the more confident I was that my idea

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

in mind, I secretly lingered

was

and Jerome seemed to have drunk

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

to Anthony.I watched as she

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer with

to bed early," she replied with a

back to our

the bedroom, I tucked him

yourself tonight.Don't run around, okay?"

and I

he was asleep, I secretly went to

because the door wasn't

drunk to remember to lock

I entered

by the sight