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 bitchy tone. “I would like for

drinks.”

in surprise, 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

negative energy and jealousy and focus on

to have

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anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice,

cuddling with anyone.

her mind. She

pregnant and got a babysitter, so

Nathan. He has

and her legs are dangling

for Rebel and Logan, they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is

seems to have this idea that I can’t hear

He called a cab

perfect for me.

said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious,

I wait. I order shots with Rebel

have fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks

told her of my plans, and now even Logan

know he has

swallow thickly. “Okay,

to some girl, and my heart pounds faster

has this presence now. It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or

bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip,

forward.

in front of him. The girl

mouth.

are

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

There you are!”

a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m

my legs around him like a monkey,

“What did you

rude to you, so I made sure to put her

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

and he makes a smug face as I stare

beating really fast.”

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 or