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.

finally here, so can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for

drinks.”

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

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

shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus

to have fun.

***

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

cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her mind. She

a

Nathan. He has

and her legs are dangling down from

Rebel and Logan, they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s

to have this idea that I can’t hear

currently busy ignoring her. He called a

perfect for me.

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

So I wait. I order shots with Rebel

and have fun,

Rebel smirks

of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering

he

swallow thickly. “Okay, here

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

now. It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks up and tilts

unwelcome flip, and by some miracle,

forward.

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

mouth.

who are you?”

me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best

There you are!”

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

around him

laugh. “What did you do that

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

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

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

beating really fast.”

now 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 to