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

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

empty glass and poured myself

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

came over to persuade

know what I'm

and continued to drink with

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

gathered at the table

Linda's POV: 

he pushed me away, asked me to dance

him going over to sit with Skylar,

that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over

hadn't had any impact

Jerome

watched their table, I saw Jerome

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

would go crazy with

I couldn't fight for him

all, I had to maintain a kind and

being, I had no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and just

the protagonists of tonight should have been me

should be the

it looked like Jerome and

were both swaying

from getting sloshed, but all of a sudden, something occurred to

that I

so drunk, I could easily

long as we had sex together, he would

it, the more confident I was that my idea

slept with me, she

plan in mind, I secretly lingered near

was over, everyone was a

and Jerome seemed to have drunk the

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

she took Skylar away, while Anthony left with

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer

to bed early," she

back to

I tucked him into bed and

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

obediently, and I coaxed him

he was asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

on my side, because the door

drunk to remember to lock

myself, I

was greeted by the sight of Jerome curled up