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.

here, so can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather

drinks.”

seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before

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

energy and jealousy and focus on my friends. I’m

to have fun.

***

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

not cuddling

out of her mind. She

and got a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has called

dangling down from his lap.

for Rebel and Logan, they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm and talking shit

idea

her. He called a cab for

perfect for me.

Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or

wait. I order shots with

have fun,

Rebel smirks at me.

him,” she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel.

know he has options.”

“Okay,

set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl,

same

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

forward.

awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls at me

mouth.

who are you?”

at her, but Jake beats me

There you are!”

girl stares at us. I’m shocked.

legs around him like a monkey, she storms away.

did

was rude to you, so I made sure to put

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

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

is beating

don’t 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 locked onto his face. I don’t know what to say