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 in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like

drinks.”

seemingly confused by the other woman’s

looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless Jake told her about me or

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

have fun.

***

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,

not cuddling with anyone.

is drunk out of her mind. She

got a

Nathan. He has called

legs are dangling down from

doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s

to have this idea

Jake is currently 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 exclusive or

I wait. I order shots with Rebel and

have fun, and once

Rebel smirks at me.

drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him

he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

to some girl, and my heart pounds

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

unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I

forward.

in front of him. The girl scowls

mouth.

who are you?”

beats me to it

There you are!”

into a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at

around him like

“What did you

to you, so

thudding in my chest speeds up. I’m speechless.

as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a

is beating

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