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.

we move on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to order

drinks.”

other woman’s attitude, before she finds words.

Kelly claps her hands, and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless Jake told her about me

way, I shake away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on

to have fun.

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the hotel anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us.

not cuddling with

her mind. She is finally

a babysitter, so

with Nathan. He has

are dangling

doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk,

to have this idea that I

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

perfect for me.

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

it. So I wait. I order shots with Rebel

and have fun,

Rebel smirks

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

he

“Okay, here

the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to

like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room

does this unwelcome flip, and by some miracle, I steer

forward.

of him. The girl scowls at me and

mouth.

are

arch an eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to

There you are!”

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

legs around him like a

but laugh. “What did you do that for, you dork?!”

was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in place.”

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

and he makes a smug face as I stare

beating

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