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

drinks.”

blinks in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words.

shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly

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

have fun.

***

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.

of her mind. She is

got a babysitter, so she

with Nathan. He has called a

and her legs are dangling down from his

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

this idea

called a cab for her. That,

perfect for me.

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

I order

laugh, and have fun, and once Jake

smirks

While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel. It’s not

he

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

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

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

this unwelcome flip,

forward.

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

mouth.

who are

Jake beats me to

There you are!”

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

my legs around him

did

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

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

he makes a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows

is beating really

if my brain just 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