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,"

holding on tightly to the

together with you.I'll

empty glass and poured myself some

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

our friends came over to persuade

know

away and continued

on, guys.It won't be often that we'll all be able to

at the table to drink with

Linda's POV: 

attention on the dance floor when he pushed me

to sit with Skylar, who was drinking like

acting depressed and pitiful to

words hadn't had any impact

wanted to pester Jerome and keep him away

their table, I saw Jerome

had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay, it wasn't

would go

I couldn't fight

all, I had to maintain a kind and gentle

had no choice but to sit ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's friends surrounded her and

right, the protagonists of tonight

be the

Jerome

were both

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

was an opportunity that

was so drunk, I could easily seduce

had sex together, he would have to take

about it, the more confident I

discovered that Jerome slept with me, she

I

party was over, everyone was

seemed to have drunk

worry.I'll send her back to her

heard Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar away, while Anthony left with

"Good night, Jennifer."

to Jennifer with

bed early," she

took Andy back to our

the bedroom, I tucked him into

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

and I

asleep, I

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

drunk to remember to lock the

myself, I

the sight