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.

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

drinks.”

by the other woman’s

and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t

energy and jealousy and focus

have fun.

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

not cuddling with anyone.

of her mind. She

pregnant and got a babysitter, so she is

has called a cab

and her legs are dangling down from

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

have this idea that I can’t

her. He called a cab for her. That, my

perfect for me.

as Kelly is gone, I will confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and

it. So I wait. I order shots with Rebel and

laugh, and have fun,

smirks at me.

I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell

he has

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

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

is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks

almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I

forward.

him. The girl scowls

mouth.

who are you?”

arch an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to

There you are!”

ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked.

him like

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

closer, voice all soft. “She was rude to you, so

up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to do that for

smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin. “Your

beating really

as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know