“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 way, Sonia,

behind us,”

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

sure. She must be the one who’s slowing

thinking, I have to admit that, in a sense, this guy really

Toby still hadn’t made it to the top was

true when Toby arrived at the

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

the meantime, Tyler stood next to him, fanning his sweat and passing

you alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern

when Tyler stood between them and glared at

in his eyes, she staggered backward

you want to say?” Tyler barked. “Don’t you have legs on you? Why do you need him to carry you? Can’t you walk by

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

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

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

do it?” Toby

of the

Tina cried, finally seeing

to her, he cooed,

she answered,

Sonia and three others, who were away

hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made your way up here. It must have been

glanced at him nonchalantly and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he pretended

to heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed

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

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

awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to bring

either,”

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

mountain with

very expensive, he got up, walked

looked at it, hesitant

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

his brows and turned to look at Tina behind

“You think of me as such a narrow-minded person, Mr. Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something like this.” Turning to

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