The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 27

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.

with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather

drinks.”

seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she

shrug at her-I don’t know why

shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on

have

***

getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know

not cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her mind.

a babysitter, so she is

has

and her legs are dangling down from

And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm and talking shit about

to have this idea that I can’t hear

He called a cab

perfect for me.

Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive

wait. I order

have fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks

pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and

he

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster

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

this unwelcome

forward.

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

mouth.

are you?”

her, but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie,

There you are!”

while the girl stares

and wrap my legs around him

laugh. “What did you do

rude to you, so I made sure to put her in

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

stare at him. Eyebrows

beating

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 go,

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