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 in a rather bitchy

drinks.”

blinks in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of course?”

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

shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus

have fun.

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bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan,

cuddling

is drunk out of her mind.

pregnant and got a babysitter, so

has called a

her legs are dangling down from

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

have this idea that I can’t

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

perfect for me.

said Jake and Kelly weren’t

So I wait. I

fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks

While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is

to know he has

thickly. “Okay, here

corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my

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, and when he looks up

does this unwelcome flip,

forward.

standing in front of him. The

mouth.

are

arch an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it

There you are!”

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

my legs around him like

can’t help but laugh. “What did

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

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

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

beating

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