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.

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

drinks.”

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

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

and jealousy and focus on

have fun.

***

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

cuddling with anyone.

her mind. She is finally

got a babysitter, so she is

has

and her legs are dangling

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

this idea that I can’t hear

ignoring her. He called a cab for her.

perfect for me.

Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I will take his

it. So I wait. I order shots with

and have fun,

smirks at me.

drinking, I told her of my plans,

he has

“Okay, here goes…

Rebel by the bar and set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can!

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

does this unwelcome flip, and

forward.

front of him. The

mouth.

are you?”

arch an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie,

There you are!”

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

around him

help but laugh. “What did you do

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

chest speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t

I stare at him.

is beating really fast.”

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