After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 43

Chapter 43

Clara slumped her shoulders, fishing out her speech from her bag. "The competition kicks off in like, thirty minutes. Gonna cram a bit more."

Just as she pulled out the speech, her hand trembled, and a bag of meds tumbled out of her bag.

Ruby heard the clatter, glanced down, and spotted the meds. She scooped them up and asked, "Clara, what's this?"

Still flipping through her speech, Clara replied, "Ruby, my stomach's been acting up, so I've been popping these laxatives."

She reached out to grab the meds back from Ruby.

But Ruby dodged her hand, grinning. "Clara, lemme take these. I've been feeling kinda off too. Maybe they'll help."

"Sure, but Ruby, wait till you get home to take 'em. These laxatives are pretty hardcore. If you take 'em now, you might miss the speech comp. Check the dosage when you get home, okay?" Clara smiled, noticing Ruby's mood lift. Ruby nodded, "Got it, Clara. You keep cramming. I'm hitting the restroom."

Before Clara could say anything, Ruby bolted.

Clara watched her go, shaking her head with a sigh, muttering to a classmate about Ruby always being in such a rush.

"Haha, Ruby probably had to go real bad, holding it in to keep you company," a classmate joked.

The place was packed since this speech competition was a big deal, drawing a huge crowd.

Besides teachers and students, there were some old folks in suits and some sharp-dressed pros.

about losing Juniper and causing any pre-comp chaos, clung to Juniper's hand,

seats were right up front, so they

sat down, two old guys in suits took seats in the guest area across the aisle, followed by two middle-aged dudes in suits in the row

contestants sat next to Katniss and Juniper, and student volunteers began handing out

reviewing and practicing, quickly cracked open the water bottles

dry, Juniper reached for a bottle of water and was about to open it

Juniper?"

few people across the aisle. Seeing that Katniss was especially attractive and full of youthful energy, they couldn't help but steal a few more glances before looking away. Juniper shook her head, smiling, "Nothing, this water's

Juniper was about to take

Katniss's mind, and

excited that a few people nearby looked over

Katniss?" Juniper asked, puzzled by Katniss's

paranoid, but to be safe, she grabbed the

in the water. Her expression changed, and she almost squeezed the bottle

What a nasty trick!

a team to develop a new product that got major props from the higher-ups. Just when she was about to present her product to the visiting bigwigs, she was a

had drunk tampered

for two days and had to take sick leave, letting

showered Clara with

went to Clara as the developer under

Katniss's eyes reddened.

wrong? Don't freak me out," Juniper said, thinking

her voice to avoid being overheard. "Juniper, I'm fine. But

"Someone messed

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