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.

move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to order some

drinks.”

blinks in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds

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

shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my

to have

***

I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly, Jake,

not cuddling with

drunk out of her mind. She

got a babysitter, so she is

has

are dangling down from his

shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She

to have this idea

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

perfect for me.

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

wait. I

and have fun, and

Rebel smirks at

get him,” she pushes the small 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

he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here

bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this?

It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention.

My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

standing in front of him. The girl

mouth.

who are you?”

at her, but Jake beats me

There you are!”

I know it, I’m squeezed into a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands

legs around him

but laugh. “What did you do that

was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in

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

as I stare at

is beating

are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what