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.

the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for

drinks.”

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

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

negative energy and jealousy and focus on

have fun.

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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

and got a babysitter, so

with Nathan. He has called a

her legs are dangling down from

shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk,

seems to have this idea

called a cab for her. That,

perfect for me.

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

I

and have fun, and once

Rebel smirks

my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me

to know he has options.”

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, and

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

I almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

front of him.

mouth.

who are you?”

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

There you are!”

know it, I’m squeezed into a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my

and wrap my legs around him

laugh. “What did you do that for, you

was rude to

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

I stare at him.

beating really

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