The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 3

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.

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

drinks.”

confused by the other woman’s attitude, before

questioningly. I shrug at her-I

energy and jealousy

have fun.

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bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice,

cuddling with

is drunk out of her mind. She is

a

Nathan. He has called

her legs are dangling down

by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to

this idea that I can’t hear

He called a cab for

perfect for me.

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

it. So I wait. I order

have fun,

Rebel smirks

plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel.

know he

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?

in the same room or paying

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

forward.

standing in front of him. The

mouth.

who are you?”

Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best friend!

There you are!”

girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The

him like a monkey, she storms away.

but laugh. “What did you do that for, you dork?!”

“She was rude to you, so

speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake

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

beating really

just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are

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