The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 30

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.

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

drinks.”

other woman’s attitude,

her-I don’t

energy and jealousy and

have

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guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly,

cuddling

is drunk out of her mind. She is

got a babysitter, so she is

He has called a

dangling down

by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm and

seems to have this idea that

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

perfect for me.

Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I will

wait. I

fun, and once Jake

Rebel smirks at

of my plans, and now

to know he has options.”

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some

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

stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

of him. The

mouth.

are

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

There you are!”

while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I

my legs around him like a monkey,

can’t help but laugh. “What did you

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

speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to

face as I stare at him.

is beating really fast.”

don’t say anything. I’m embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s

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