“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.

suddenly hit Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By the

behind us,” she

strong man like him can’t even beat two ladies in a hike and is taking so long

not my brother that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing him down,” Tyler explained on

to admit that, in a sense,

reason that Toby still hadn’t made it to the top was really because of Tina dragging him

words were soon confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the

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 was panting slightly as he

him, fanning his sweat and passing

Toby?” Tina asked in concern as she paced

stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do

in his eyes, she staggered backward

legs on you? Why do you need him to carry

reddened, and she looked as though she was about

state frustrated Tyler even more, and he wanted to continue when Toby broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I

his head around, looking at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and you

going to do it?” Toby asked

his lips, but still moved out of the way after throwing a death

Tina cried,

piece of tissue to her,

she answered,

Sonia and three others, who were away collecting

Tina, Zane placed down the small rocks in his hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made

at him nonchalantly and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but

brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed a hike, so they were all hungry; it was

does anyone have a lighter?” she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her

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

and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca

“So nobody has a lighter. What are we going

someone down the mountain with the cable

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

at it,

speaking to Toby with a stiff smile on his face. “President Fuller, you better keep your lighter away. We don’t dare to accept anything from you. If your fiancée gets jealous again, all of us will be in

knitted his brows and turned to look at Tina

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

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