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.

so can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would

drinks.”

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

questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why

and jealousy and focus on my friends. I’m

to have fun.

***

I don’t know well aren’t

cuddling

drunk out of her

and got a babysitter, so she

with Nathan. He has called

her legs are dangling down from

Kelly? She is drunk, clinging

have this idea

currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab for

perfect for me.

my feelings. Mark said Jake

I

have fun,

smirks at me.

her of my plans, and now even Logan is

know he

thickly. “Okay, here

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

he is in the same

unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

standing in front of him. The girl

mouth.

who are you?”

Jake beats me to it

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

him like a monkey, she

did you do that for,

leans in closer, voice all soft. “She was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in place.”

speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to

and he makes a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted,

is beating really fast.”

don’t say anything. I’m embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know