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.

move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in

other woman’s attitude, before she finds words.

hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I

all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my friends. I’m here

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but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly,

is drunk out of her mind. She is finally not pregnant and got a babysitter, so she is cuddling with Nathan. He has called

Kelly? She

that I can’t hear her. Jake is currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That,

is gone, I will confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I will take

once Jake is alone, Rebel smirks at me.

back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

bar and set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes.

or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks up

so awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls

who are

beats me to it

There you are!”

ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands on Jake’s shoulders and wrap my legs around him

help but laugh. “What did you do that for,

was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in

and he makes a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a

realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto