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.

here, so can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather

drinks.”

blinks in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before

at her-I don’t know

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

to have

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guys I don’t know well

cuddling with

out of her mind.

got a babysitter, so

Nathan. He has called a cab

and her legs are dangling down

shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She

to have this idea that I can’t

busy ignoring her. He called a cab

perfect for me.

said Jake

wait. I order

laugh, and have fun, and

Rebel smirks at me.

I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me

to know he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here

by the bar 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.

he is in the same room or paying me

this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle,

forward.

him. The

mouth.

who are

at her, but Jake beats me

There you are!”

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

wrap my legs around him

laugh. “What did you

leans in closer, voice all soft. “She was rude to you, so

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

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

beating really

hands are on Jake’s broad

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