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.

Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to

drinks.”

by the other woman’s attitude, before she

questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me.

and jealousy and

to have fun.

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

not cuddling with

is drunk out of her mind. She is

and got a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has

her legs are dangling down from

and Logan, they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s forearm and talking

to have this idea that I

called a cab for

perfect for me.

my feelings. Mark said Jake

So I wait. I order shots

and have fun,

smirks

drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel. It’s

know he has options.”

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

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 I do this? Yes. Yes, I can! Even though it’s

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

stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some

forward.

front of him. The girl scowls at me

mouth.

who are

her, but Jake beats me

There you are!”

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

my legs around him like a

did you do that for, you dork?!”

to you, so I made

I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake

I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin.

is beating really

practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t