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.

you’re finally here, so can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says

drinks.”

blinks in 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

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy

have fun.

***

drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice,

not cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her mind. She

got a babysitter, so she is

Nathan. He has

her legs are dangling down

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

to have this idea that I

busy ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That, my friend,

perfect for me.

confess my feelings. Mark said Jake

wait. I order shots

have fun, and once

Rebel smirks at me.

back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel.

he

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can!

now. It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention.

stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I steer

forward.

of him. The girl

mouth.

who are

me to it by saying,

There you are!”

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

legs around him like a

help but laugh. “What did you

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

I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to do that for

and he makes a smug face as I stare at

is beating really fast.”

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 what to say or where to go, and