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,"

the bottle.It

with you.I'll

up an empty glass

better go

our friends came over to

worry.I know

their concerns away and

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

gathered at the table to drink

Linda's POV: 

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

sit with Skylar, who was drinking

me, it was obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful to win over the soft-hearted

words hadn't had

pester Jerome

I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms and patiently coax

time since I had seen Jerome act this tender and

would

fight for

had to maintain

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

the protagonists of tonight should have been me and

should be the one

it looked like Jerome and

both swaying

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

was an opportunity that I

Jerome was so drunk, I could easily seduce him

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

about it, the more confident I was

Skylar discovered that Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice but to

mind, I secretly lingered near

time the dinner party was over, everyone was a little

seemed to have

take care of Skylar.Don't worry.I'll send her back to her room.Anthony, help Jerome

Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar

"Good night, Jennifer."

Jennifer

Linda.Go to bed early,"

took Andy back to our

I tucked him

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

obediently, and I

asleep, I secretly went to Jerome's

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

he was too drunk to

to myself, I

greeted by the sight of Jerome