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

It hits me 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 confused, thinking I was a

hypocrite.

the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather

drinks.”

seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of course?”

Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless Jake told her about me or

shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my friends.

to have

***

later, we aren’t at the hotel anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well

not cuddling

her mind.

a

Nathan. He has called a cab

her legs are dangling

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

to have this idea

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

perfect for me.

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

I wait. I

have fun, and once Jake is

smirks at me.

plans,

to know he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here

the 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. Yes, I can! Even though it’s scary…

like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already

My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

standing in front of him. The girl scowls at me and opens

mouth.

are

arch an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by saying,

There you are!”

into a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands on Jake’s

wrap my legs around him like a

“What did you do that for,

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

speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to

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

beating

say anything. I’m embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes