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.

I’ve never met before,

drinks.”

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

Kelly claps her hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know

away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my friends.

have fun.

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guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan,

cuddling with

is drunk out of her mind. She

pregnant and got a

He has

dangling down

Logan, they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to

have this idea that I can’t hear

called a cab for her. That, my friend,

perfect for me.

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

I wait. I order shots with

and have fun, and once Jake is

smirks

him,” she pushes the 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. It’s not wrong-the guy

he has

“Okay, here

by the bar and 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 can! Even though it’s

same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks up and tilts

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

forward.

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

mouth.

are you?”

at her, but Jake beats me to

There you are!”

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

around him like a

“What did you

to you, so I made sure to put her in

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

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

beating really fast.”

say anything. I’m embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto