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.

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

drinks.”

by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh,

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

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on

to have fun.

***

few hours later, we aren’t at the hotel anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly, Jake,

not cuddling with anyone.

out of her mind.

and got a babysitter, so

He has called

dangling

are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She

idea that

ignoring her. He called a cab for

perfect for me.

feelings. Mark said Jake

So I wait. I order shots

and have fun, and once

Rebel smirks at

her of my plans, and now even

know he has

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

leave Logan and Rebel by the bar and set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl,

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

unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

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

mouth.

are

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

There you are!”

and lifted up from the ground while the girl

him like a monkey,

did you do

to

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

makes a smug face as I stare at

is beating really

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