“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.

that, something suddenly hit Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By the way, Sonia, where’s my

behind us,” she

in a hike and is taking so long to reach

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

that, in a sense, this guy really

reason that Toby still hadn’t made it to the top

be true when Toby arrived

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

stood next to him, fanning

Toby?” Tina asked in concern as she

was about to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina

in his eyes, she staggered backward and

you have legs on you? Why do you need him to carry

reddened, and she looked as though she was about to burst into

now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to do with Tina. Get out of

at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and you want me

to do it?” Toby

lips, but still moved out of the way after

cried, finally seeing

a piece of tissue to her,

she answered,

Sonia and three others, who were away collecting

Toby and Tina, Zane placed down the small rocks in his hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made your way up here. It must have been tough on

him. Very quickly, he retracted

heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed a hike, so they were

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

head. “I don’t have one because I don’t smoke. What

and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to bring

didn’t bring one, either,”

into the skies helplessly, Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a lighter. What are we going to

was quiet, and while Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to

metal lighter which looked very expensive, he got up, walked

looked at it, hesitant to accept

smile on his face. “President Fuller, you better keep your lighter away. We don’t dare to accept anything from you. If

his brows and turned to look

not so petty as to be jealous over something like this.” Turning to Sonia with

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