Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Chapter 153: Surprise 

Linda's POV:

I woke up early the next morning, while Jerwas still asleep.

Looking at his sleeping face broughta sense of joy that I hadn't felt in a long time.

Nothing had happened between us last night.

Despite how hard I had tried to seduce him, Jerdidn't want to have sex withat all.

In the end, I had no choice but to take off his clothes and lie next to him naked.

Lying next to each other naked was enough.

With that, I'd be able to convince Jerthat we had sex last night.

I decided to deal a heavy blow to Skylar.

So I sneaked into the bathroom and called Andy.

"Andy, my dear son.Go find Skylar right now and ask her to take you to find your dad, okay?"

"Mom, where are you?" Andy asked.

"Andy, don't worry about that.Ask Skylar to take you to see your dad first, okay?"

"Okay, Mom,"

Andy agreed on the other end of the line.I knew my son well.

No matter how confused he was, he would listen toand do as I said.

After hanging up the phone, I tiptoed back to bed, tightly clung onto Jerome's naked body, and pretended to be fast asleep.

A while later, I felt movement next to me.

It seemed that Jerwas stirring from his sleep.

"Linda? Why are you here?"

Jerasked in panic and pushedaway without hesitation.

Did he loathethis much? His first reaction after waking up in the sbed aswas to push me away.

I suppressed my frustration and blinked sleepily, as if I had just woken up.

Then, I crawled into his arms with an aggrieved look.

"Jerome, we had sex last night.You know what? It's been a long tsince I felt this happy."

"Linda, what are you talking about?" Jerome's eyes widened in disbelief.

"What on earth happened? I was drinking with Skylar last night.Why are you in my bed?"

"Jerome, you don't remember? You got so drunk last night.I was worried about you, so I cto see if you were okay.But you held ontoand didn't letgo.You kept talking about our past together, Jerome.You said you couldn't forget me, and that you looked forfor a long time."

I tried my best to tell him a believable lie.

"That's impossible.Why would I say something like that to you? I love Skylar.I wouldn't want to sleep with anyone else, no matter how drunk I was,"

Jersaid firmly.

It was obvious that he didn't believeat all.

"Jerome, you know what? All these years, I couldn't forget about you at all.I really wished that I could be with you again.But the truth is, you're the one who initiated something last night.Why don't you just admit it? Are you regretting it now?"

I complained, with tears pooling in my eyes.

"That's impossible.I would never do anything to betray Skylar.You're lying."

Jercovered his head with his hands and shook his head desperately, like he wanted to drown out my voice.

"So that's what you think of me, Jerome? You think I'm a woman who would lie about something like this?"

I pointed at the messy clothes strewn over the floor and the marks covering my body.

"Are these a lie too? You're the one who gaveall these hickeys.Last night, you tore off my clothes and made love tomadly."

As I spoke, I tried my best to look pitiful.

"Jerome, are you still going to deny what you did to me? Are you going to treatlike a cheap prostitute who you can just cast away after getting what you want?"

This time, instead of denying anything, Jerstayed silent.

It seemed that I managed to shake his conviction about what the truth was.

"If you're afraid of how Skylar will react, I can keep it a secret,"

I offered, pretending to be considerate.

"I Know you can't let her go.I won't do anything to destroy your relationship with her."

Jercontinued to cover his head with his hands, lost in thought.

Finally, he took a deep breath and looked at me.

"Linda, it's not that I won't take responsibility for what I did, but the thing is, I really don't remember having sex with you last night."

"Jerome, I loved you so much.I even gave birth to a child for you.But today, for the first time, I've found out what kind of person you are.You don't want to admit our past.You don't want to be responsible for me.You just think ofas a burden that you have to get rid of."

I broke down completely.

Tears streamed down my eyes, and sobs wracked my body.

By this time, I successfully won over Jerome's compassion.

He cover to comfortand pattedon the shoulder.

"Linda, don’t cry.I didn't mean that."

He put on his pajamas, and then found a set of clean clothes and for me.

"You can put on these clothes first."

Even after getting dressed, I continued to cry, trying to get his sympathy.

The clothes I was wearing belonged to Jerome.

His scent was all over them.

Skylar's POV:

After a night of drinking, I had a terrible hangover and a splitting headache.

I opened my eyes with sdifficulty and stared blankly at the ceiling.I still felt tired and sleepy.

I vaguely remembered Jennifer bringingback to my room last night and givingsmedicine to dispel the effect of the alcohol.

Other than that, I couldn't remember anything about last night.

My mind was in a mess.

I put on my slippers and lugged myself to the bathroom.

Once I washed my face, I felt a little more sober.

At this time, I heard a knock on the door.

"Hang on."

After changing my clothes, I went to open the door.

To my surprise, the person who had cto seewas the kid, Andy.

"Little guy, what are you doing here?" I asked, touching his head.

"I miss my dad.Can you taketo see him? Mom didn't cback last night, so I had to sleep alone.I was so scared," Andy cried.

"Oh, you poor baby.Con, let's go see your dad."

Feeling sorry for him, I took his hand.

"Okay.Thank you."

Andy nodded.

He was just a small kid who had grown up without knowing his father.

He must have had a hard tuntil now.

Children shouldn't be involved in the grudges of adults.

"Don't worry.We're going to see your dad right now."

Holding Andy's hand, I walked towards Jerome's room.

"But why did you sleep alone? Where was your mother?" I frowned.

It was odd for Linda to leave her child alone the whole night.

"I don't know where she went." Andy shrugged.

"All right.You can play with your dad after you see him, okay?"

We got to Jerome's room.

I was about to knock the door when I realized that it wasn't completely closed, let alone locked.

I pushed the door open in confusion.

"Why didn't Jerclose the door?"

I murmured to myself.

Why was he so careless? I was going to take Andy inside, but the scene that greetedmade me stop in my tracks.

My hand froze on the doorknob.

Were my eyes deceiving me? Jerwas sitting on the bed as expected, but next to him was Linda.

He was patting her shoulder as if he was coaxing her, while her eyes were red with tears.

Jerwas only wearing pajamas.

As for Linda...she was wearing his clothes.

The floor was a mess.

Upon closer look, I recognized the clothes on the floor as the ones they had both worn last night at the dinner party.

What had they done last night? I was not a stupid girl.

The moment I saw the floor, I knew that Jerand Linda had slept together.

I had always trusted my mate, even after his ex- girlfriend had reappeared in his life.

I didn't mind that he had another woman to take care of, or even that he had a son.

But now, Linda was sitting on Jerome's bed, wearing his clothes, and stealing my place! She was sleeping with him.

I knew that from this moment on, my relationship with Jerwas irreparable.

We could never be together.

Shock and anger filled my brain.

I couldn't keep calm anymore.

The only thought in my mind was that Jerbetrayed me.

He was in bed with another woman.

It was like my heart was being torn apart.

"Andy, wait outside for a while.Don't cin."

After telling Andy that, I closed the door behindand walked up to Jerome.

"Jerome, is this a surprise for me? Is this what you meant by true love? It turns out that I'm just a fool that you've been lying to."

I questioned Jerin anger, but my body was trembling and tears were running down my cheeks.I couldn't control myself.I had never been so heartbroken before.