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.

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.”

in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of

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 me or something?

way, I shake away all negative energy and jealousy

to have

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anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with

cuddling with anyone.

her mind. She is

got a babysitter, so she

Nathan. He has

are dangling down

bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm and talking

seems to have this idea that

is currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab for

perfect for me.

confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I will take his word

it. So I wait. I order

laugh, and have fun, and

Rebel smirks

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

he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

Logan and Rebel by the bar and set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even though it’s

blood is boiling when he is in the same

does this unwelcome flip,

forward.

awkward standing in front of him. The

mouth.

who are you?”

an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by

There you are!”

the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands on

around him like a monkey, she storms

but laugh. “What did you do

voice all soft. “She was rude to

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

he makes a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin. “Your

beating

practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad