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.

move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy

drinks.”

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

shrug at her-I don’t know why

negative energy and jealousy and

to have

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getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t

not cuddling with anyone.

out of her

pregnant and got a babysitter, so

with Nathan. He has

her legs are dangling

bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm

have this idea

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

perfect for me.

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

it. So I wait. I

and have fun, and

Rebel smirks

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

know he has options.”

“Okay, here

is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this?

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

this unwelcome flip, and by

forward.

I feel so awkward standing in front of him.

mouth.

are you?”

at her, but Jake beats me to it by

There you are!”

know it, I’m squeezed 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 place my hands on Jake’s

and wrap my legs around him like a

can’t help but laugh. “What did

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

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

I stare

is beating really fast.”

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