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.”

blinks in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she

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

shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus

have fun.

***

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

cuddling with anyone.

is drunk out of her mind. She

pregnant and got a babysitter, so she

Nathan. He has

and her legs are dangling down from his lap.

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

idea

is currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab

perfect for me.

will confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive

wait. I order shots with Rebel

fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks

back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel. It’s not

to know he

“Okay,

and Rebel by 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.

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

unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I steer

forward.

him. The girl scowls at me

mouth.

who are you?”

eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to

There you are!”

squeezed 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

around him

did you do that for, you

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

in my chest speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to do

a smug face as I stare at him.

beating really

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