The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 54

Winnie

“Hello, Winnie! Nice to see you!” Rebel holds up her glass for me with a big cheer. She has switched places with Logan to sit on my left side when I walk up to the table.

Alice, however, isn’t sitting down. She stands up from her seat and gets this sparkly look on her face before coming to hug me. “Winnie!”

“Hi!” I hug her back. “How are you?”

“I’m good. How are you?”

Before I can answer, Nathan speaks. “Here she comes, my biggest rival in love: Winnie. I swear there is a romance going on here…” he sighs but hides a smile.

“Happy to see you too, big guy,” I tell him and pat his shoulder. “Have you gotten thinner?”

He snorts. “Shut up! I’m working out harder than ever!”

I grin. “It shows—I’m just teasing!”

People around the table snicker, including Logan. I feel welcomed sitting by the large table the Plaza Hotel has assembled for us.

“Oh, and since you wondered, I’m feeling pretty okay,” I inform Alice and beam at her. “Mark won’t be joining us, though. He needed to take care of something urgent.”

“We saw,” Alice sits down beside me, grimacing. “But you’re fine, right? We kind of assumed it was a friendly date anyway.”

“Oh, it was,” my eyes flicker to Jake, whose cold expression turns less icy after hearing me confirm I’m not into Mark. Interesting…

“I

then that Jake was probably mad because I told him, “I don’t date nice guys, and then I went here with Mark. He must have been so

can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to

in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of

at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless

and jealousy and focus

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drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with

her mind. She is finally not pregnant and got a babysitter, so she is cuddling

doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm and talking shit

ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That, my friend, is perfect for

confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I will take his word for it. So I wait. I order shots

have fun, and once Jake is alone, Rebel

him,” she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you

“Okay,

the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even though it’s scary…

already dizzy, and when he looks up and tilts his head, smiling, I almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by

in front of him. The girl scowls

who are

beats me to it by saying,

There you are!”

stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands on

did you do that for,

soft. “She was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in

me, and he makes a smug face as I stare

My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked