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.

the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a

drinks.”

by the other woman’s attitude,

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

I shake away all negative energy and

to have fun.

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hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us.

not cuddling

is drunk out of her mind. She

got a

has called a cab

dangling

are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She

have this idea that I can’t hear

her. He called a cab for her. That,

perfect for me.

soon as Kelly is gone, I will confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and

So I wait. I order shots with Rebel

laugh, and have fun, and once Jake

Rebel smirks at

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

to know he has options.”

“Okay, here

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

now. It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already

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

forward.

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

mouth.

are you?”

an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it

There you are!”

into a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl

wrap my legs around him like a monkey, she storms

“What did you

closer, voice all soft. “She was rude to you, so I made sure to put

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

a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows

beating

brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s