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.

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

drinks.”

woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of course?”

me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know

and jealousy and

have

***

at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly, Jake, and me—the single girl who feels

not cuddling

her mind. She is

got a babysitter, so she

Nathan. He has called a cab

and her legs are dangling down from his lap.

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

seems to have this idea that I can’t

He called

perfect for me.

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

wait. I order

and have fun, and once Jake is

smirks at me.

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

know he

“Okay, here

Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even

when he is in the same room or paying me attention.

this unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

in front of him. The girl scowls at me and

mouth.

are you?”

at her, but Jake beats me to

There you are!”

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

my legs around him like a monkey,

can’t help but laugh. “What did you do that for,

“She was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in place.”

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

face as I stare at him.

is beating

practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know