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.

here, so can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I

drinks.”

woman’s attitude,

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

way, I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my

have fun.

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

cuddling

of her

got a babysitter, so

He has called a cab

are dangling down from

Kelly? She

this idea that I can’t

He called

perfect for me.

said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I will take his word

I order shots with Rebel

fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks at me.

him,” she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans,

he has

thickly. “Okay, here

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

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

unwelcome flip, and by

forward.

of him. The girl scowls at me and

mouth.

are you?”

eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to

There you are!”

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

my legs around him

help but laugh. “What did you

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

speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to

a smug face as I stare at

beating really

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