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.

who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone.

drinks.”

in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s

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

negative energy and jealousy

have

***

getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know

not cuddling with

of her mind.

a babysitter,

has called

dangling down from his lap.

shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She

idea that I can’t hear

called a cab for her. That, my friend,

perfect for me.

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

I wait. I order shots

laugh, and have fun, and once

Rebel smirks

of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel. It’s not

he has

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do

blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when

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

forward.

so awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls at me

mouth.

who are

Jake beats me to it

There you are!”

it, I’m squeezed into a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl

my legs around him

did you do that for, you

to you, so I made sure to

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

I stare at

is beating

if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad