The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 31

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.

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

drinks.”

seemingly confused by the other woman’s

at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless

away all negative energy and jealousy

to have

***

a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t

not cuddling

drunk out of her mind. She is

and got a babysitter, so

has called a cab

dangling down from

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

seems to have this idea that I can’t

called a cab for her. That,

perfect for me.

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

I order shots with

fun, and once

smirks at me.

of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel.

he

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

to some girl,

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

My stomach does this unwelcome flip,

forward.

awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls at me

mouth.

are

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

There you are!”

the girl stares at us.

around him like a

“What did you do that for, you

was rude to you, so I made sure to

in my chest speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to do that for

smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted,

beating

practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto

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