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.

can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met

drinks.”

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

shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes

all negative energy and jealousy and focus on

to have fun.

***

at a bar. The hockey guys I

cuddling with

is drunk out of her mind. She

pregnant and got a babysitter, so

He has

dangling down

shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to

have this idea that I can’t

currently busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

my feelings. Mark said Jake

So I wait. I order shots

and have fun, and once Jake is

smirks

of my plans, and now even

know he has

“Okay, here goes…

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

It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when

unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I steer

forward.

of him.

mouth.

who are

eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by

There you are!”

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

and wrap my legs around him like a monkey, she storms away.

“What did

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 expect Jake to do that for

face as I stare at

beating really

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

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