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.

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

drinks.”

the other woman’s

Kelly claps her hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes

shake away all negative energy and

to have fun.

***

I don’t know well aren’t with

cuddling with anyone.

out of her

and got a babysitter, so she

with Nathan. He has called a cab

dangling

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

have this idea that I can’t hear

ignoring her. He called a cab

perfect for me.

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

I

have fun, and once

smirks

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

to know he

“Okay,

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

he is in the same room or paying me attention.

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

forward.

standing in front of him. The girl

mouth.

are

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

There you are!”

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

my legs around him like a monkey, she storms away.

did

rude to you, so

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

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

beating really fast.”

anything. I’m embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad