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

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

up an empty glass and

it's already late.You'd better go

our friends came over to persuade

worry.I know

and continued to drink

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

at the table to

Linda's POV: 

Jerome's attention on the dance floor when he pushed me away, asked me to dance with someone else, and walked

over to sit with

me, it was obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over

that my words hadn't had any impact on

Jerome and keep him

saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms and patiently coax

I had seen Jerome act this tender and affectionate, but to my dismay, it

like I would go crazy

fight for

I had to maintain a kind

being, I had no choice but to sit ina

right, the protagonists of tonight

be the

it looked like Jerome and Skylar

were both

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

was an opportunity that

Jerome was so drunk, I could easily

together, he would

I thought about it, the more confident I was that my

me, she would have no choice

I

time the dinner party was

Jerome seemed to

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

as she took Skylar

"Good night, Jennifer."

waved goodbye to Jennifer

to bed early," she replied with

Andy back to

tucked him into bed

sleep by yourself tonight.Don't run

nodded obediently, and I coaxed

asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

on my side, because the door wasn't

was too drunk to remember to lock the

I entered the

sight of Jerome