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.

the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like

drinks.”

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

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

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus

to have

***

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, and me—the single girl

not cuddling

is drunk out of her mind. She

a babysitter,

Nathan. He has called a cab

are dangling down from his lap.

And Kelly? She is drunk,

seems to have this idea that

He called a cab for her.

perfect for me.

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

it. So I wait. I order shots

laugh, and have fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks at me.

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

know he has options.”

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

Jake is talking to some

like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks up and tilts his

almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I steer

forward.

I feel so awkward standing in front of him. The girl

mouth.

who are you?”

Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best friend!

There you are!”

know it, I’m squeezed into a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us.

him

laugh. “What did you

to you, so I made sure

my chest speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake

stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a

beating really

hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know