Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Chapter 174: Meeting Jerome Again

Chapter 174: Meeting Jerome Again 

Skylar's POV:

I was asleep in the ward when my phone started ringing. It was Robin.

He told me that Andy was dead.

My eyes went wide with shock.

I just saw Andy yesterday and he was fine.

How could he be dead? Robin explained that the poor child had mistakenly ingested the poison that Linda had left out.

By the time Linda found out, it was already too late.

Despite rushing him to the hospital, the doctors could do nothing to save Andy.

When I got off the phone, I rushed to the emergency room.

There, I found a group of people gathered around the door.

In the distance, I could hear the wailing cries of a miserable woman.

My heart sank.

I waded my way through the crowd but stopped in my tracks when my eyes landed on a familiar figure.

It was Jerome.

Why was he here? I quickly averted my gaze and ducked back into the crowd, hoping he wouldn't see me.

If he did, my efforts to run away from him would all be in vain.

But a few seconds later, I found myself in a warm and tight embrace.

"Skylar, what're you doing here? I've been looking all over for you!"

Jerome held me so tightly in his arms, I almost felt suffocated.

I struggled to break free from his embrace, but he was too strong.

"Jerome, let go. You're hurting me!"

I raised my head and looked at him coldly.

I had been in hiding for so long, but he still found me.

What was I supposed to do? Finally, I managed to push Jerome away.

I took this as an opportunity to rush to Robin's side.

Robin hurriedly stepped in between me and Jerome before the latter could react.

"Who is he?" Jerome looked Robin up and down with undisguised anger.

Robin glared back at him too, not to be outdone.

The atmosphere grew tense and a bit awkward.

"I'm Skylar's future boyfriend.Who are you?" Robin snorted.

Hearing this, Jerome turned to look at me incredulously, as though he was waiting for an explanation.

My first instinct was to deny Robin's claims, but on second thought, I realized I needed to stay away from Jerome.

So in the end, I chose not to explain anything.

"What's going on?"

When Jerome couldn't stand my silence, he looked at me with a pained expression.

"What do you mean, Jerome? If you can sleep with Linda, can't I find my own love? Besides, Andy, your son, just died.How can you be so calm?" I asked coldly.

I had never spoken to Jerome like this before.

Sure enough, Jerome looked at me gloomily, as though I had just stabbed him in the heart.

"Skylar, please, just let me explain.Linda and I never rekindled our relationship.She was lying.She tricked us all.I never had sex with her, even after getting drunk.She was just trying to ruin our relationship.As for Andy, he isn't my son."

"What?" Jerome's words shocked me.

Andy was not his child? Linda had set us up? "Skylar, I'm telling the truth.If you don't believe me, ask Linda.I kicked her out of the Rainbow Pack as soon as I found out about her deceit.I have no idea how she ended up here."

As he spoke, Jerome pushed Linda in front of me.

Linda and I looked at each other.She was glaring at me fiercely, as though she wanted to skin me alive.

"Now that things have come to this, just be honest, Linda," Jerome said firmly.

"Alright, fine! It's true.I used to be Alpha Bard's mistress.I've been lying to everyone.Are you satisfied, you bitch? Do you know how cruel Jerome has been to me? When the truth came to light, he kicked me and Andy out of the Rainbow Pack.That's how we ended up here as beggars! As fate would have it, you were here too.I decided to take this as an opportunity to kill you that's why I went to work at Robin's house as a maid! Skylar, you lucky bitch.How come you survived the poison?" Linda said through gritted teeth.

"What a lunatic!" Robin couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, I might be a lunatic, but I've already been punished severely.Andy is dead, but somehow, Skylar's still alive.It was you who should've died! Why did my child have to die and not you?!"

As though possessed by anger, Linda bared her claws and ran towards me.

"Die, you bitch!" Linda acted fast.

I tried to dodge, but before she could reach me, Robin stepped in between us.

Then, I heard a muffled thump, and the smell of blood filled my nose.

Robin's POV:

Despite being a mere bystander, I was able to piece together who Jerome was.

He was Skylar's unforgettable mate, whereas Linda was his ex- girlfriend.

There must've been a lot of history among the three of them.

Judging from what they were talking about, it sounded like Skylar had misunderstood Jerome thanks to Linda's tricks, so she ran away from home.

Now that the misunderstanding was cleared up, I wondered if Skylar would be willing to go back to Jerome.

As I was deep in thought, I suddenly saw Linda screech and rush towards Skylar, claws out.

Before I could even think about it, I stepped forward to protect Skylar, with my back exposed to Linda's attack.

From the periphery, I could see Jerome running towards us, too.

But because I was closer to Skylar, I was the one who protected her in time.

Jerome subdued Linda instead.

"Are you okay?" Skylar looked at me with worry- filled eyes.

I felt a burning pain in my back.

"I'm okay.Don't worry." I shook my head with a slight smile.

"You're bleeding. Let's have that cleaned up." Skylar was worried about me.

To be honest, this made me extremely happy.

The pain in my back seemed to dissipate.

Meanwhile, Jerome was busy subduing Linda, pinning her down by the hands and feet.

"Linda, you've done nothing good, yet you're still unwilling to repent! Even Andy has died because of you.Stop being so stubborn and give up already!"

"You're right.Andy’s dead thanks to me.I killed my own child.I killed Andy.I killed my own child!"

Linda burst into a craze laughter, like a madwoman.

"Take the poor child to the morgue."

The doctors sighed and started to wheel Andy's body away.

"No, that's my child! Please don't!"

Linda shook her head desperately, tears streaming down her face.She fell to the floor.

"Jerome, I've got my retribution.I killed my own child..."

It looked like Linda had truly lost her marbles.

She laughed and cried simultaneously, eyes wide with disbelief.

"Has she gone crazy?"

"Looks like it.Poor girl."

The passers-by discussed Linda in hushed tones.

Even I couldn't help but sigh.

Maybe this was God's way of punishing Linda.

Linda gnashed on the floor, messing up her hair and clothes.

Her eyes looked soulless and empty.

"Robin, your wound.Let's have a doctor look at it."

Hearing the voice of Skylar, I finally tore my gaze away from Linda's sorry figure.

"Okay." I let Skylar lead me to the consultation room.

"Let me do it."

Unexpectedly, Jerome stepped in and offered to take me to the doctor instead of Skylar.

I could tell that he cared about Skylar very much.Would Skylar go back to him?