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 like for us to

drinks.”

the other woman’s

claps her hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I

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

have

***

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

cuddling

is drunk out of her mind. She is finally

pregnant and got a babysitter,

He has called a cab

dangling down

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

idea that

ignoring her. He called a cab for her.

perfect for me.

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

I order shots with Rebel

and have fun,

smirks at me.

I told her of my plans, and now even

he has options.”

“Okay, here goes…

for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to

is in the same

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

forward.

feel so awkward standing in front of him.

mouth.

are

at her, but Jake beats me to

There you are!”

the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is

him like

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

closer, voice all soft. “She was rude to you,

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

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

beating

anything. 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