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.

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

drinks.”

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

at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless

negative energy and jealousy

to have fun.

***

hours later, we aren’t at the hotel anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t

cuddling

of her mind.

and got a babysitter, so

He has called a cab

and her legs are dangling down from

Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm and talking

to have this idea that

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 will take his

it. So I wait. I order shots with

have fun, and once Jake is

smirks

get him,” she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans,

know he

thickly. “Okay,

set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and

is in the same room or paying

stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I

forward.

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

mouth.

who are

eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best

There you are!”

hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl

him

did you do that for, you dork?!”

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

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

I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin. “Your

is beating really fast.”

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