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.

met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would

drinks.”

woman’s attitude,

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

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my

to have

***

few hours later, 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,

cuddling with anyone.

her

a babysitter, so she is

He has called a

dangling

Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm

to have this idea that

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

perfect for me.

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

it. So I wait. I order shots with Rebel and

have fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks at

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

he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

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

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

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

forward.

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

mouth.

are

at her, but Jake beats me

There you are!”

while the girl stares

him

help but laugh. “What did you do

to you, so I made sure to put her in place.”

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

stare at him. Eyebrows

is beating

hands are on Jake’s