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.

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

drinks.”

by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of course?”

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

energy and

have

***

we 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 single girl

not cuddling

drunk out of her

pregnant and got a babysitter, so she

Nathan. He has called a cab

legs are dangling down

Rebel and Logan, they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging

idea

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

perfect for me.

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

I order shots with Rebel and

fun, and once Jake is

Rebel smirks

she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is

know he

thickly. “Okay,

of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even though

same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and

this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle,

forward.

I feel so awkward standing in front of him.

mouth.

who are

an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me

There you are!”

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

wrap my legs around him like

did you

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

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

face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin. “Your

is beating

hands are on

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