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.

we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says

drinks.”

other woman’s

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

negative energy and jealousy and focus on my

to have

***

I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel,

not cuddling with anyone.

out of her mind. She is

pregnant and got a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has called a

and her legs are dangling down from his

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

idea that I can’t hear

busy ignoring her. He called a cab

perfect for me.

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

I wait. I

laugh, and have fun,

Rebel smirks at

of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him

to know he has options.”

swallow thickly. “Okay, here

and Rebel by the bar and set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even though it’s

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

bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip,

forward.

feel so awkward standing in front of him.

mouth.

are

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

There you are!”

and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands

him like a monkey, she storms away.

help but laugh. “What did you do that for, you

voice all soft. “She was rude to you,

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

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

beating

are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked