The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 22

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.

with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met

drinks.”

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

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

shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my friends.

have fun.

***

hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan,

not cuddling with anyone.

of her mind. She is

a

Nathan. He has

her legs are dangling down from his lap.

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

have this idea that I can’t

busy ignoring her. He called a cab for her.

perfect for me.

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

I

and have fun, and once Jake

smirks at

While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now

know he has

swallow thickly. “Okay,

to some girl, and

is in the same room or

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

forward.

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

mouth.

are you?”

but Jake beats me to it by

There you are!”

the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is

legs around him

laugh. “What did you do that for,

to you, so I made sure to put her

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

I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and

is beating really fast.”

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

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