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.

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

drinks.”

seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words.

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

negative energy and jealousy and focus on

to have

***

getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan,

not cuddling with

her

and got a babysitter, so

Nathan. He has called a cab

dangling

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

this idea that I can’t

ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That,

perfect for me.

I will confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly

wait. I

fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks

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

know he has

swallow thickly. “Okay,

Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even though it’s

same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy,

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

forward.

him. The girl scowls at me and opens her

mouth.

who are you?”

me to

There you are!”

I’m squeezed into a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl

around him like

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

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

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

smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a

beating

My hands are on Jake’s