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.

so can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to order

drinks.”

seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before

looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know

away all negative energy and jealousy

to have

***

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,

not cuddling

her mind. She is

got a babysitter,

has called a

are dangling down from his

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

idea that I can’t

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

perfect for me.

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

I order shots with Rebel

laugh, and have fun,

Rebel smirks

small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel. It’s not wrong-the guy

to know he has options.”

thickly. “Okay,

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…

this presence now. It feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention.

I almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome

forward.

I feel so awkward standing in front of him. The girl scowls at

mouth.

who are

beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my

There you are!”

the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl

wrap my legs around him

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

to you, so I made sure to

speechless. I

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

is beating

don’t 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 face. I don’t know what to say or where to go,