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 in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to order

drinks.”

in surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh,

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

I shake away all negative energy and jealousy

have

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anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us.

cuddling with anyone.

is drunk out of her mind. She is finally

got a babysitter, so she is

has called a

are dangling down

by the bar. And Kelly?

have this idea that

is currently busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

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

I wait. I order

have fun, and

Rebel smirks

my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even

to know he has

thickly. “Okay,

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…

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

bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and

forward.

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

mouth.

who are

me to it by saying, “Winnie, my

There you are!”

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

him

laugh. “What did you do that for, you

closer, voice all soft. “She was rude to you, so I made sure

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

stare

beating really fast.”

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