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.

any pre-comp chaos, clung to Juniper's hand, following

in the middle, and the contestants' seats were right

aisle, followed by two middle-aged dudes in suits in the row ahead. They seemed to know

their seats. Many contestants sat next to Katniss and Juniper, and

cracked open the

a bottle of water and

Juniper?" Katniss

the attention of a 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 just

was about to take

clicked in Katniss's mind, and she instinctively

voice was so tense and excited that a few people nearby looked over

Katniss?" Juniper asked, puzzled

wondering if she was just being paranoid, but to be safe, she grabbed the bottle from Juniper and held

the water. Her expression changed,

What a nasty trick!

to develop a new product that got major props from the higher-ups. Just when she was about to

she had drunk

out of it for two days and had to take sick leave, letting Clara step in for

showered Clara with

Clara as the developer under

Katniss's eyes reddened.

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

shaking her head and lowering her voice to avoid being overheard. "Juniper, I'm

"Someone messed with

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