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.

never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to order some

drinks.”

other woman’s attitude, before she

shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless Jake told her about

all negative energy and jealousy

to have

***

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,

not cuddling with

out of her

a babysitter, so she is

has

dangling down

they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging

seems to have this idea that

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

perfect for me.

Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I

I wait. I order shots with Rebel and

laugh, and have fun, and once

Rebel smirks

I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel. It’s

know he has options.”

“Okay, here

the bar and set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster

when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he

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

forward.

of him. The girl

mouth.

who are you?”

Jake beats me to it by

There you are!”

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

legs around him like a monkey, she

did you

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

I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake

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

beating

say anything. I’m embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes