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.

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

drinks.”

blinks in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude,

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

energy and jealousy and focus

have fun.

***

drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I

cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her mind. She

pregnant and got a babysitter,

Nathan. He has called a

her legs are dangling down from his lap.

Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm and talking

this idea

He called a cab for her. That,

perfect for me.

is gone, I will confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I will take his word

wait. I order shots with

have fun, and

Rebel smirks at me.

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

know he

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

and set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even though it’s scary…

now. It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying

bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and

forward.

I feel so awkward standing in front of him. The girl

mouth.

who are

beats me to it by

There you are!”

and lifted up from the ground while the girl

and wrap my legs around him

help but laugh. “What did

to you, so I made sure to put

speechless.

makes a smug face as I stare

is beating really fast.”

my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what to say or where to