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.

never met before, says in

drinks.”

other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of

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

shake away all negative energy and jealousy

have

***

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

cuddling with

of her mind.

pregnant and got a babysitter, so she is

with Nathan. He has

and her legs are dangling down from his lap.

bar. And Kelly?

to have this idea that

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

perfect for me.

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

I wait. I order shots

have fun, and once Jake

smirks

of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and

to know he

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

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

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

unwelcome

forward.

so awkward standing in front of him.

mouth.

who are you?”

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

There you are!”

and lifted up from the ground while the girl

him like a monkey, she storms

but laugh. “What did

rude to you,

up. I’m speechless. I

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

beating really fast.”

say anything. I’m embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what to say or where to go, and