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.

met before, says

drinks.”

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

hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on

to have

***

hours later, we aren’t at the hotel anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly, Jake,

not cuddling with

drunk out of her mind. She is finally

got a babysitter, so she

with Nathan. He has called a

dangling

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

this idea that I can’t hear

Jake is currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That, my

perfect for me.

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

I order shots with

have fun, and once Jake

smirks at me.

get him,” she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me

he

thickly. “Okay, here

Jake is talking to

like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m

this unwelcome

forward.

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

mouth.

are you?”

her, but Jake beats me to it by

There you are!”

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

my legs around him like a monkey, she

but laugh. “What did you do that for, you dork?!”

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

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

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

is beating really

realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto