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 bitchy tone. “I would like for

drinks.”

seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude,

her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless

away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on

have

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at a 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 mind. She

pregnant and got a

He has called a

legs are dangling down from his lap.

Logan, they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm and talking

this idea that

Jake is currently busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and

So I wait. I order shots with Rebel and

fun, and once Jake

Rebel smirks at

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

he

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

talking to some girl, and

same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks up and tilts

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

forward.

of him. The girl scowls at me and

mouth.

are

at her, but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best friend!

There you are!”

hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked.

wrap my legs around him like a monkey, she storms

laugh. “What did

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

speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake

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

beating really fast.”

practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know