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.

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

drinks.”

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

shrug at her-I

energy and jealousy

have fun.

***

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 Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly, Jake, and me—the single girl who feels

cuddling

of her mind.

got a babysitter, so she is

Nathan. He has called a cab

are dangling down from

doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk,

idea that I

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

perfect for me.

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

wait. I

have fun, and

Rebel smirks at

she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on.

to know he has

“Okay, here goes…

the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my

now. It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when

unwelcome

forward.

front of him. The girl scowls at

mouth.

who are

Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my

There you are!”

know it, I’m squeezed into a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares

and wrap my legs around him like a monkey,

laugh. “What did you do

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

speechless. I didn’t

as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and

is beating

practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what to say or where to go, and