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.

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

drinks.”

woman’s attitude, before

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

shake away all negative energy and

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

cuddling

drunk out of her mind.

got a babysitter, so

has called a cab

dangling down from

shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is

seems to have this idea that

is currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab

perfect for me.

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

I order

fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks at

her of my plans,

know he has options.”

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

to some

is in the same

almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by

forward.

feel so awkward standing in front of him.

mouth.

who are you?”

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

There you are!”

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

legs around him like a

but laugh. “What did you do that

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

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

and he makes a smug face as I stare

beating really

realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what to say or where