“It’s not that long. About half an hour,” Charles answered, taking out his handkerchief and wiping away her sweat in concern.

Blinking in surprise, she asked, “Half an hour? I thought you guys reached way earlier than that.”

 

“Uh…” he uttered and chuckled awkwardly. “Well, we could have reached the top very early at first, but it’s all Tyler’s fault. He went on the wrong path. So—”

“What do you mean it’s my fault?” Tyler argued in a huff. He had just walked over and overheard Charles speaking badly about himself. “You’re the one who resorted to dirty tricks and pointed out the wrong way to me because you couldn’t beat me in speed.”

Snorting smugly, Charles said, “Even if I tricked you and pointed out the wrong path to you, you still went on it anyway. Just how dumb are you?”

“You!” Tyler hissed, holding his fist angrily.

 

Holding her forehead, Sonia interrupted, “That’s enough, both of you. Stop arguing. You’re giving me a headache.”

“I’ll massage you, darling. You’ll feel better after that.” Charles paced behind her and rubbed her temples as he spoke.

 

Seeing the situation, Tyler mumbled, “Bootlicker.”

Hearing him, Charles replied in an equally hushed voice, “Some people aren’t even fit to be a bootlicker.”

The edge of Sonia’s lips twitched, and she was speechless at the sight of an adult and a teenager arguing like children. “If both of you are going to continue fighting, then get away from me and let me have some silence by myself.”

“No more fighting. We’re not fighting anymore, darling,” Charles assured hurriedly.

Tyler nodded as well, indicating that he wouldn’t argue anymore. Indeed, both of them held on to their words and quieted down, and Sonia was finally able to have some peace.

minutes later. Looking down the mountain,

behind us,” she

can’t even beat two ladies in a

but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing him down,” Tyler

raised her brows, thinking, I have to admit that, in a sense, this guy really hit

made it to the top was really because

true when Toby arrived at

he placed her down, Tyler helped him to take a seat on a rock, and he closed his eyes as he adjusted his body to the fatigue. After all, it was a physically demanding task to carry a person weighing around a hundred pounds up the mountain. Even if he worked out all year round, he was still deadbeat tired and

next to him, fanning his sweat and

alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern

and he was about to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do you think he’s

eyes, she staggered backward and

on you? Why do you need him to carry you? Can’t you

as though she was about to burst

saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was

disgruntlement. “I’m speaking

you going to do it?” Toby asked instead with

of the way after throwing

Tina cried,

a piece of tissue to

answered,

Sonia and three others, who were

amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally

and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted

the lunch which they had brought to the top. It

Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after she was done putting up the

“I don’t have one because I don’t smoke. What about you?” he asked

and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot

bring one, either,” Rebecca

helplessly, Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a

and while Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to bring a lighter,

lighter which looked very expensive, he got up, walked to Sonia, and passed

she merely looked at

to Toby with a stiff smile on his face. “President Fuller, you better

his brows and turned to look at Tina

a narrow-minded person, Mr. Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to

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