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,”
Since Jerome was so drunk, I could easily seduce him tonight.
As long as we had sex together, he would have to take responsibility for me.
The more I thought about it, the more confident I was that my idea would work.
When Skylar discovered that Jerome slept with me, she would have no choice but to leave dejectedly.
With this plan in mind, I secretly lingered near their table.
By the time the dinner party was over, everyone was a little tipsy.
Skylar and Jerome seemed to have drunk the most.
“I’ll take care of Skylar.Don’t worry.I’ll send her back to her room.Anthony, help Jerome go back,”
I heard Jennifer say to Anthony.I watched as she took Skylar away, while Anthony left with Jerome.
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“Good night, Jennifer.”
I waved goodbye to Jennifer with a friendly smile.
“You too, Linda.Go to bed early,” she replied with a smile.
I took Andy back to our suite.
In the bedroom, I tucked him into bed and touched his head.
“Andy, sleep by yourself tonight.Don’t run around, okay?” I said gently.
Andy nodded obediently, and I coaxed him to sleep.
After he was asleep, I secretly went to Jerome’s room.
Luck seemed to be on my side, because the door wasn’t locked from the inside.
Perhaps he was too drunk to remember to lock the door.
Chuckling to myself, I entered the room.
I was greeted by the sight of Jerome curled up in bed.
He seemed to be only half-asleep, but he kept drunkenly uttering Skylar’s name.
Skylar, Skylar, Skylar.