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.

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

drinks.”

blinks in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude,

hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless

negative energy and jealousy and focus on

to have fun.

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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 who

cuddling with anyone.

drunk out of her mind. She is

a babysitter, so she

He has

legs are dangling

are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk,

this idea that I can’t

busy ignoring her. He called a

perfect for me.

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

wait. I order shots with Rebel and

and have fun, and once

smirks at

of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans,

he has

“Okay, here

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! Even though it’s scary…

my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks up and tilts his head,

stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

of him. The girl

mouth.

who are you?”

her, but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my

There you are!”

the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked.

my legs around him

can’t help but laugh. “What did you do that

rude to you, so I made sure to put her

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

a smug face as I stare

is beating

brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad