After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 52

Felix had been noticing lately that Maximilian was straight-up ghosting Katniss since that day.

Honestly, he got it. Maximilian never really thought about tying the knot before. He barely had any girls around him, and now Samuel's pushing him to marry Katniss? No wonder he was dodging her like the plague. A few times when Katniss swung by, even if Maximilian was chilling at home, he'd have Felix lie and say he wasn't there.

But just now, Maximilian told Katniss to hit him up directly if she had any issues and even sent over some ice packs. Clearly, he decided to stop playing hide and seek with her.

I mean, Katniss was a sad case-parents didn't give a damn, and her brothers were total jerks. Anyone who knew her felt bad for her. Maximilian must've felt the same.

This was a good sign. After that mess years ago, Maximilian seemed dead inside. No feelings for love, friendship, or even stuff.

The only time he showed any emotion towards Samuel was 'cause Samuel was annoyingly persistent.

Now that Maximilian could feel sympathy, it meant he was slowly turning normal.

Felix was stoked, hoping Katniss could be around Maximilian every day to help him get better, both in body and mind. The future was looking bright.

After getting the ice pack, Katniss said goodbye to the bodyguard and found a quiet spot where she broke down crying. She was super grateful to Maximilian and Felix for showing her that life was worth living and that she mattered. There was still real kindness in the world. If she treated people right, they'd do the same.

In the Manners family, she was treated like trash, so she got no love.

Katniss cried her heart out, but her face hurt, so she pressed the ice pack to her face and sobbed into it.

him happy, and let him live a long life, she might as well end

time to nurse Maximilian back to

days away, and she had to

studied like a maniac, not even hitting up the bubble tea shop. At home, she burned the midnight oil, never letting go of her books. Wesley and Daphne didn't dare bug her. Meanwhile, Anna always looked like she had something to say whenever she saw Katniss, but she never got the chance. Katniss didn't even look up when

and she wasn't wasting a single minute

the calendar flipped to a new page, the

school. She grabbed a waffle for breakfast at the school cafeteria, sat down, opened her backpack, and kept studying while munching on the waffle. "Hey, isn't that Katniss?" There were

got expelled because of her. Ruby's dad was gonna donate a lab building to our school, but now that's not happening. We'll have to make do with our experiments." "I wonder what really went

Clara before the competition, totally throwing her off her game. Ruby couldn't take it and threw hands with her. But guess what? Katniss has some big shot backing

even snag third place. But Katniss is such a piece of work. She's young, and even if she's broke

that attitude, she's gonna fail for sure. I heard Professor Brent Jenkins from the medical department is personally overseeing the exam. Maybe Brent won't even

louder, but Katniss kept her nose in

tray clattered loudly on the

Everyone's heads turned.

up and saw it was

was he

got beef with the competition results, why

mess with them. Except for Katniss. Clara walked in, confused by the sudden hush in the cafeteria. But when she saw Katniss, her eyes lit up, and she moved Katniss's

taking the exam

her and kept

by Clara,