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.

who I’ve never met before, says in a rather

drinks.”

confused by the other woman’s attitude, before

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

all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my

to have

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bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us. It’s Nathan, Alice,

not cuddling with anyone.

her mind. She

a babysitter, so she

He has called

are dangling down from

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

seems to have this idea that I

is currently busy ignoring her. He called

perfect for me.

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

it. So I wait. I order shots with Rebel

and have fun, and

smirks

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

know he

swallow thickly. “Okay,

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

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

My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and

forward.

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

mouth.

are you?”

an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me

There you are!”

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

him like a monkey, she

help but laugh. “What did you do

“She was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in place.”

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

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

is beating really

my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on