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.

here, so can we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met

drinks.”

woman’s attitude, before she finds

I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless Jake told her

all negative energy and jealousy

have fun.

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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,

cuddling with

of her mind.

a babysitter, so

Nathan. He has called a cab

dangling down from his lap.

bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to

seems to have this idea that I can’t

Jake is currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That, my friend,

perfect for me.

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

So I wait. I order shots with Rebel

have fun, and once Jake is

smirks at

she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him

know he has options.”

“Okay, here

talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster.

in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already dizzy, and when he

almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome

forward.

front of him. The girl scowls

mouth.

are you?”

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

There you are!”

the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And

legs around him like

laugh. “What did you

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

speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to do that for

I stare at him. Eyebrows

is beating

brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I