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.

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

drinks.”

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

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

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

have fun.

***

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

cuddling

out of her mind.

a babysitter,

with Nathan. He has

and her legs are dangling down from his

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

this idea

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

perfect for me.

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

have fun, and once Jake

Rebel smirks at me.

my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me

he

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

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! Even though it’s scary…

when he is in the same room

does this unwelcome

forward.

awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls at me and opens her

mouth.

are

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

There you are!”

lifted up from the ground while the girl

him like a monkey, she

help but laugh. “What did you do that for, you dork?!”

to you, so I made

speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake

he makes a smug face as I stare at him.

is beating really

say anything. I’m embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his