Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved novel Chapter 153

Linda's POV: 

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

Looking at his sleeping face brought me a 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, Jerome didn't want to have sex with me at 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 Jerome that 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 to me and 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 Jerome was stirring from his sleep.

"Linda? Why are you here?"

Jerome asked in panic and pushed me away without hesitation.

Did he loathe me this much? His first reaction after waking up in the same bed as me was 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 time since 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 came to see if you were okay.But you held onto me and didn't let me go.You kept talking about our past together, Jerome.You said you couldn't forget me, and that you looked for me for 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,"

Jerome said firmly.

It was obvious that he didn't believe me at 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."

Jerome covered 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 gave me all these hickeys.Last night, you tore off my clothes and made love to me madly."

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 treat me like a cheap prostitute who you can just cast away after getting what you want?"

This time, instead of denying anything, Jerome stayed 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."

Jerome continued 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 of me as 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 came over to comfort me and patted me on 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.