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.

never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to

drinks.”

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

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

way, I shake away all negative energy and jealousy

to have

***

hours later, we aren’t at the hotel anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I

not cuddling

drunk out of her

pregnant and got a babysitter, so

with Nathan. He has called

and her legs are dangling down from

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

seems to have this idea that I can’t hear

called a cab for her. That, my friend, is

perfect for me.

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

So I wait. I order shots with Rebel

fun,

Rebel smirks at

told her of my plans, and now even Logan

know he has options.”

swallow thickly. “Okay, here

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

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

My stomach does this unwelcome

forward.

of him. The girl scowls

mouth.

who are you?”

an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it

There you are!”

girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands on Jake’s

around him like a

but laugh. “What did you

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

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

as I stare at him. Eyebrows

is 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 his face. I don’t know what to say