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.

I’ve never met before,

drinks.”

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

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

all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my

to have

***

I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice, Logan, Rebel, Kelly, Jake, and

not cuddling

out of her mind. She is finally

a babysitter,

Nathan. He has called

legs are dangling down from his

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

idea that I can’t hear

ignoring her. He called a cab for

perfect for me.

Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and

So I wait. I order

and have fun, and once Jake

Rebel smirks

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

to know he has

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

leave Logan and Rebel by the bar and set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and

my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy,

My stomach does this unwelcome

forward.

in front of him. The girl scowls at me

mouth.

who are

Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my

There you are!”

girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my

him

did

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

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

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

beating

hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what to