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.

who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us

drinks.”

by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh,

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

and jealousy and focus on my friends. I’m

to have fun.

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bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly, Jake,

cuddling with anyone.

her mind. She

a

with Nathan. He has called a cab

her legs are dangling down from his

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

idea that I can’t

He called

perfect for me.

Jake and Kelly

I order shots with Rebel and

have fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks at

I told her of my plans,

know he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here

set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I

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

stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by

forward.

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

mouth.

who are

Jake beats me to it

There you are!”

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

and wrap my legs around him like a monkey, she storms

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

voice all soft. “She was rude to you, so

I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to do that for

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

beating really fast.”

just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s