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.

with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met

drinks.”

by the other woman’s

Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless Jake told

away all negative energy and jealousy and focus

to have

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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,

cuddling with

out of her mind. She is finally

a babysitter, so

He has called a cab

are dangling down from his lap.

bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging

this idea that I can’t

is currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That,

perfect for me.

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

it. So I wait. I order shots with Rebel and

laugh, and have fun, and once Jake is

smirks at

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

he

swallow thickly. “Okay, here

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

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

does this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I steer

forward.

of him. The girl scowls at me and opens her

mouth.

who are you?”

arch an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by saying,

There you are!”

girl stares at

wrap my legs around him like a monkey,

laugh. “What did you

to you, so I made sure to put her in place.”

up. I’m speechless. I didn’t

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

beating

practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s