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

seats were right up front, so they were

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

seats. Many contestants sat next to Katniss and Juniper, and student volunteers began handing

open the water bottles to wet

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

up, Juniper?"

especially attractive and full of youthful energy,

about to take

clicked in Katniss's mind, and

was so tense and excited that a few people nearby

wrong, Katniss?" Juniper asked, puzzled by Katniss's sudden

be safe, she grabbed the bottle from Juniper and held

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

What a nasty trick!

develop a new product that got major props from the

she had drunk

for two days and had to take sick leave, letting Clara

Clara with

Clara as the developer under the Manners

Katniss's eyes reddened.

me out," Juniper said, thinking Katniss was

held her down, shaking her head and lowering her voice to avoid being overheard. "Juniper,

messed with

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255