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

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

empty glass and poured myself some

better go

of our friends came

know what

their concerns away and continued

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

my persuasion, everyone gathered at the

Linda's POV: 

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

him going over to sit with Skylar,

that she was acting depressed and pitiful

my words hadn't had any impact on her at

pester Jerome and keep him

I watched their table, I saw Jerome hold Skylar in his arms

had seen Jerome act this tender

would go

fight for

maintain a kind and

but to sit ina corner with Andy and just watch while Skylar's friends surrounded her and

right, the protagonists of tonight

should be

looked like Jerome

were both

go over there and stop Jerome from getting sloshed, but

that I

Jerome was so drunk, I

he would

I thought about it, the more

me, she would have no

mind, I secretly lingered near their

party was

and Jerome seemed to have drunk

worry.I'll send her back to her room.Anthony, help Jerome go

she

"Good night, Jennifer."

goodbye to Jennifer with a

to bed early," she replied with

back to our

him into

run

nodded obediently, and I coaxed him

was asleep, I secretly went

on my side, because

to

I entered the

was greeted by the sight of