The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 36

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.

met before, says in a rather

drinks.”

by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds

her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes

all negative energy and jealousy and focus on

have

***

The hockey guys I don’t

cuddling with

drunk out of her

a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has called a

and her legs are dangling

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

this idea that I can’t hear

currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab for

perfect for me.

confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and I will take his word

So I wait. I order

and have fun,

Rebel smirks at

drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan

he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here

corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do

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

My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I

forward.

him. The girl

mouth.

who are you?”

eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by saying,

There you are!”

ground while the girl

and wrap my legs around him like a monkey, she storms

did you do that

“She was rude to you, so I made sure to put her

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

face as I stare at him. Eyebrows

is beating

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

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