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.

with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for

drinks.”

other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of

her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my friends. I’m

have

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hockey guys I don’t

cuddling

drunk out of her mind. She is finally

a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has

are dangling down

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

to have this idea that I can’t hear

currently busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

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

wait. I order shots

and have fun, and

Rebel smirks

plans, and now even Logan

know he has options.”

swallow thickly. “Okay, here

Jake is talking to some girl, and

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

this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle,

forward.

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

mouth.

who are

Jake beats me

There you are!”

while the girl

him like a monkey, she

but laugh. “What did you do that for, you dork?!”

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

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

as I stare at him.

beating really fast.”

if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes