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.

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

drinks.”

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

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

way, I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and

have fun.

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bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly, Jake, and me—the single girl

not cuddling

out of her mind. She is

and got a

has called a

her legs are dangling down from his lap.

And Kelly? She is drunk,

this idea that I can’t

ignoring her. He called a cab for her.

perfect for me.

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

I wait. I order shots

have fun, and

Rebel smirks

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

he has

“Okay, here goes…

is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster.

the same room or paying me attention. I’m already

stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I

forward.

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

mouth.

who are

eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to

There you are!”

up from the ground while the girl stares at us.

around him like a monkey, she storms

can’t help but laugh. “What did you

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

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

he makes a smug face as I stare

is beating really

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