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 for us

drinks.”

by the other woman’s attitude, before she

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

negative energy and jealousy

to have

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hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t

cuddling

drunk out of her mind. She is finally

got a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has called

legs are dangling down from his lap.

bar. And Kelly?

have this idea

called

perfect for me.

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

wait. I order shots with

laugh, and have fun, and once Jake

smirks at

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

know he has options.”

“Okay, here goes…

the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my

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

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

forward.

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

mouth.

are

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

There you are!”

a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us.

wrap my legs around him like a monkey, she storms

but laugh. “What did

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

speechless. I didn’t expect

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

is beating

are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad