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,"

tightly to the bottle.It seemed that I couldn't

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

empty glass and

already late.You'd better go back.Everything

of our friends came over to persuade

know

and continued

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

gathered at

Linda's POV: 

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

over to sit with Skylar,

it was obvious that she was acting depressed and pitiful

my words hadn't had any impact on her at

to pester Jerome and keep

As I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold

I had seen Jerome act

like I would

I couldn't fight for him

maintain a kind and gentle

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

the protagonists of tonight should have been me

be

Jerome and

were both swaying

over there and stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but

opportunity that I could

Jerome was so drunk, I could easily seduce him

we had sex together, he would have

thought about it, the more confident I was

me, she would have no choice but

mind, I secretly lingered near their

dinner party was

to have drunk the

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

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

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer

too, Linda.Go to bed early," she replied with

Andy back to our

the bedroom, I tucked him into

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

and I

he was asleep, I secretly went

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

too drunk to

to myself, I entered

by the sight of Jerome