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 that

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

empty glass and

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

friends came over to persuade

know what

concerns away and continued to drink

we'll all be able to gather like this.Let's have a

my persuasion, everyone gathered at the

Linda's POV: 

the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to dance

over to sit with Skylar, who was

was acting depressed and pitiful

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

pester Jerome and keep him

watched their table, I saw Jerome

act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay, it

like I would go crazy

fight

all, I had to maintain

ina corner with

right, the protagonists of tonight should have been me and

should be the one

it looked like Jerome and Skylar had drunk a

both swaying

there and stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but all of a

opportunity that I could take

drunk, I could easily

together, he would have to

the more confident I

that Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice

mind, I

was over, everyone was a little

seemed to

her back to her room.Anthony,

to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer with

bed early," she replied

Andy back

him into bed and touched

sleep by yourself tonight.Don't run around,

obediently, and I

was asleep, I secretly went

my side, because

too drunk to remember to lock the

to myself, I

was greeted by the sight of