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.

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

drinks.”

surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she

Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me.

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my

have fun.

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bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel,

not cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her

got a babysitter,

He has called a

are dangling

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

have this idea that I can’t

currently busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

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

I order shots with Rebel

and have fun,

Rebel smirks at me.

my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell

he

thickly. “Okay,

to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster.

is boiling when he is in the same room or paying

stomach does this unwelcome flip,

forward.

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

mouth.

who are you?”

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

There you are!”

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

legs around him like a

can’t help but laugh. “What did you do that for, you dork?!”

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

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

face as I stare at him.

beating

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