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.

the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in

drinks.”

in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words.

I shrug at her-I don’t know why

and jealousy and focus

have

***

hours later, we aren’t at the hotel anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know

not cuddling

her mind.

a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has called

her legs are dangling down

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

to have this idea that I can’t

busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

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

So I wait. I order shots with

have fun, and once

smirks

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

he has options.”

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

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

bail. My stomach does this unwelcome

forward.

in front of him. The

mouth.

are you?”

an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it

There you are!”

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

my legs around him like a monkey, she storms away.

but laugh. “What did you do that for, you

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

speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake

I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin.

beating

brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on