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,

drinks.”

seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of

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

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy

have

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I don’t know well aren’t with

cuddling

of her

and got a babysitter, so she

He has called a cab

and her legs are dangling down

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

idea

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

perfect for me.

Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious,

So I wait. I order shots

have fun, and once

smirks at

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

to know he

“Okay, here goes…

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

in the same

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

forward.

in front of him. The girl scowls at me

mouth.

who are

her, but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best friend!

There you are!”

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

wrap my legs around him like

can’t help but laugh. “What did you do that for, you

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

speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to

stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge

is beating really fast.”

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