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 seemed

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

glass and

better go back.Everything will be fine

of our friends came

worry.I know

waved their concerns away and continued to drink with

won't be often that we'll all be able to gather

everyone gathered at the table to drink with

Linda's POV: 

get Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to

sit with Skylar, who was

acting depressed and pitiful to win over the

my words hadn't had any impact on

Jerome and keep

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

time since I had seen Jerome act this

I would go

couldn't fight for

to maintain a kind

for the time being, I had no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's

tonight should have

be the

looked like Jerome and

were both swaying

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

that

was so drunk, I could

as we had sex together, he would have to take responsibility for

the more confident I was that my

she would have no choice but to

in mind, I secretly

party was

seemed to have drunk

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

heard Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer with a

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

took Andy back

him

tonight.Don't run around, okay?" I said

nodded obediently, and I coaxed him to

he was asleep, I secretly went

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

too drunk to remember

to myself, I

greeted by the sight of