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.

here, so can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I

drinks.”

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

Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why

negative energy and jealousy and focus on my friends. I’m

have

***

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

not cuddling with

of her

pregnant and got a babysitter, so

He has called a cab

and her legs are dangling down

they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She

to have this idea that I can’t

her. He called

perfect for me.

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

So I wait. I

fun, and once Jake is

smirks at

get him,” she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on.

know he has

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

the bar. Jake is talking to

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

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

forward.

so awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls

mouth.

who are

at her, but Jake beats me

There you are!”

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

wrap my legs around him like a monkey, she storms

laugh. “What did you do

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

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

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

is beating

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