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.”

the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of course?”

I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly

and jealousy and focus on

have fun.

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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

not cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her mind.

a

has called a

dangling

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

this idea that I can’t

currently busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

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

So I wait. I order shots

fun, and

Rebel smirks

told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on.

know he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster

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

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

forward.

feel so awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls

mouth.

who are you?”

Jake beats me to

There you are!”

girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands on Jake’s

legs around him like a monkey, she storms away.

help but laugh. “What did you do

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

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

he makes a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted,

is beating really fast.”

My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what to