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.

chaos, clung

middle, and the contestants' seats were

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

Many contestants sat next to Katniss and

cracked open the water bottles to

her lips getting dry, Juniper reached for a bottle of water and was about

Juniper?"

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 easy

was about to

flash, something clicked in Katniss's mind, and

voice was so tense and excited that a few people

asked,

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

she saw some white, cloudy stuff floating in the water. Her expression changed, and she almost squeezed

What a nasty trick!

think back to her past life, when she busted her butt for the Manners family's business, even leading 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

she had drunk

was out of it for two days and had to take sick leave,

with praise, who was already a

to Clara as the developer

Katniss's eyes reddened.

freak me out," Juniper said, thinking Katniss

shaking her head and lowering her voice to avoid being overheard. "Juniper, I'm fine. But the water is messed up." "Water?" Juniper

messed with this

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