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.

met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us

drinks.”

by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words.

Kelly claps her hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I

and jealousy and

have fun.

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hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us.

not cuddling with

drunk out of her mind. She

a babysitter, so

Nathan. He has called a cab

dangling down

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

idea that I

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

perfect for me.

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

I wait. I order shots with Rebel and

fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks at

of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now

to know he has options.”

“Okay, here goes…

is talking to

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

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

forward.

feel so awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls at

mouth.

who are

beats me to it by

There you are!”

the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands on

him like a monkey, she storms away.

“What did you do that for, you dork?!”

rude to you, so I made sure to

up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to do

makes a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows

beating

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