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.”

by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words.

her hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless Jake told her about

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

to have fun.

***

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

not cuddling with anyone.

her mind. She

pregnant and got a babysitter, so she is

has called a cab

and her legs are dangling down from his

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

seems to have this idea

ignoring her. He called a

perfect for me.

Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive

I order

fun, and once

smirks at

of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him

to know he has

“Okay, here goes…

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

same room or paying

this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I steer

forward.

in front of him. The girl scowls at me and

mouth.

are you?”

Jake beats me

There you are!”

hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl

legs around him like a monkey,

“What did you do that for,

to you, so I made sure to

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

smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows

is beating

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

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