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 before, says in a rather bitchy

drinks.”

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

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

shake away all negative energy and

to have

***

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, and me—the single

cuddling with anyone.

is drunk out of her

pregnant and got a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has called

and her legs are dangling down

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

seems to have this idea that

is currently busy ignoring her. He called a

perfect for me.

Mark said Jake

wait. I order shots with

laugh, and have fun,

Rebel smirks at

of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel. It’s

he has options.”

thickly. “Okay,

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

It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room

does this unwelcome flip, and

forward.

awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls at

mouth.

who are you?”

eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by

There you are!”

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

my legs around him like

help but laugh. “What did you do that for, you dork?!”

all soft. “She was rude to you, so I made sure

up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect

makes a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted,

beating really

just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders,