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.

never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for

drinks.”

the other woman’s attitude, before

Kelly claps her hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless Jake told her about me or something?

away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my friends. I’m

have fun.

***

hours later, 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 who

cuddling

of her mind. She is

and got a babysitter, so she

Nathan. He has called a cab

are dangling down from his

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

seems to have this idea

busy ignoring her. He called a cab

perfect for me.

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

it. So I wait. I order shots with Rebel and

fun, and

smirks

While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now

to know he has options.”

swallow 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 it’s

boiling when he is in the same room or paying

bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I

forward.

so awkward standing in front of him.

mouth.

who are

arch an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to

There you are!”

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

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

help but laugh. “What did you do

leans in closer, voice all soft. “She was rude to you, so

speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to do that

makes a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and

beating

hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what to say or where to go, and