The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 19

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 rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to

drinks.”

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

her-I don’t know why Kelly

away all negative energy and jealousy

to have fun.

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

not cuddling with

is drunk out of her mind. She is

a

has called a

dangling down from his lap.

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

have this idea

ignoring her. He called a cab

perfect for me.

said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious,

it. So I wait. I order shots

fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks at me.

I told her of my plans, and now

know he has

swallow thickly. “Okay, here

the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I

this presence now. It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks up

unwelcome flip, and by

forward.

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

mouth.

who are you?”

but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best

There you are!”

from the ground while the girl stares

him like a monkey, she storms away.

laugh. “What did you do

soft. “She was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in

chest speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t

as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin.

beating really

just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on

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