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.

help Maximilian get better, make him happy, and let him

have time to nurse Maximilian back to health afterward, Katniss wiped her tears, cleaned up,

days away, and she had to

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,

wasting a single minute on people she didn't

to a new

in the morning, Katniss rushed to school. She grabbed a waffle for breakfast at the school cafeteria, sat down, opened

dad was gonna donate a lab building to our school, but now that's not happening. We'll have to make do with

take it and threw

even snag third place. But Katniss is such a piece of work. She's young, and even if she's broke after leaving home, she could have gotten a part-time gig. Leaning on some powerful dude? That's

she's gonna fail for sure. I heard Professor Brent Jenkins from the medical department is personally overseeing

kept her nose

and the tray clattered loudly on the table, making a

Everyone's heads turned.

looked up and saw

was he

"If you got beef with the competition results, why don't you report it yourselves?" Everyone went quiet,

brainiac, making them big shots. Regular students wouldn't dare mess with them. Except for Katniss. Clara walked in,

taking the

ignored her and kept

unnoticed by