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.

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

drinks.”

confused by the other woman’s

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

and jealousy and focus on

to have fun.

***

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

cuddling with anyone.

her mind. She is finally

got a

Nathan. He has called a cab

legs are dangling

and Logan, they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging

to have this idea that

currently busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I

So I wait. I order shots with

fun, and once Jake

smirks at

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

to know he has

“Okay,

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!

in the same room or paying

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

forward.

awkward standing in front of him. The

mouth.

who are you?”

arch an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me

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

him like a monkey, she

can’t help but laugh. “What did you do that for, you dork?!”

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

chest speeds up. I’m speechless. I

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

beating

realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s