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.

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 she finds words. “Uh, of

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

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on

to have fun.

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hockey guys I don’t know well

not cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her mind. She

and got a babysitter, so

Nathan. He has called

dangling down from

Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to

seems to have this idea that

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

perfect for me.

Mark said Jake

wait. I

and have fun,

Rebel smirks at me.

get 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. It’s not

know he has

“Okay, here goes…

the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even though it’s scary…

when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m

unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I steer

forward.

of him.

mouth.

are

at her, but Jake beats me

There you are!”

up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands on Jake’s

wrap my legs around him like a monkey, she

did you do that for, you

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

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

I stare

beating really fast.”

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 or where