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.

celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met

drinks.”

the other woman’s attitude,

at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know

all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my friends. I’m

have

***

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

not cuddling with anyone.

is drunk out of her

got a

He has called

are dangling

bar. And Kelly?

this idea that I

Jake is currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That,

perfect for me.

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

I wait. I

and have fun, and once Jake

smirks at

While drinking, I told her of my plans, and

to know he has options.”

“Okay,

talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even though it’s scary…

now. It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same

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

forward.

I feel so awkward standing in front of him. The girl

mouth.

are you?”

eyebrow at 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

and wrap my legs around him like a monkey,

can’t help but laugh. “What did you

“She was rude to you, so I

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

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

beating really fast.”

I’m embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what to say or where to go,