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

drinks.”

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

her-I don’t know

negative energy and jealousy and

to have

***

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

cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her mind. She is

got a babysitter, so

Nathan. He has called a

legs are dangling down

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

seems to have this idea

busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

as Kelly is gone, I will confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or

I wait. I order shots with Rebel

have fun, and

smirks at

plans, and now even Logan is cheering

he has options.”

swallow thickly. “Okay, here

Logan 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

my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks up and tilts his head,

My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and

forward.

standing in front of him. The girl scowls at

mouth.

who are

eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best

There you are!”

hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I

my legs around him

but laugh. “What did you do

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

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

I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a

is beating

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 or where to go,