The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 16

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.

I’ve never met

drinks.”

other woman’s

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

all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my

to have fun.

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bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan,

cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her mind. She

and got a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has called a cab

and her legs are dangling down from his

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

this idea that I can’t hear

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

perfect for me.

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

wait. I order shots

fun,

smirks at me.

While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now

know he has options.”

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

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

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

unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

front of him. The girl scowls at

mouth.

are you?”

beats me to

There you are!”

the girl

around him like a monkey,

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

rude to you, so I made sure to

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

smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted,

beating really fast.”

just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto

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