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.

the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in

drinks.”

other woman’s attitude, before she finds

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

energy and jealousy and focus

have fun.

***

hours 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, Logan, Rebel, Kelly, Jake, and me—the

cuddling

out of her mind.

pregnant and got a

has called a

her legs are dangling

they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She

to have this idea that

ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That,

perfect for me.

said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I will take his

I order shots with Rebel and

laugh, and have fun,

smirks at me.

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

he has options.”

“Okay, here goes…

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

is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he looks up and tilts his head,

I almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

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

mouth.

who are

her, but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best

There you are!”

a hug and lifted up from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m

him like

“What did you do that for,

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

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

stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin. “Your

beating really fast.”

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