“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.

few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By

us,”

like him can’t even beat two ladies in a hike and is

that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one

admit that, in a sense, this

made it to the top was really

confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the peak

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

Tyler stood next to him, fanning

Toby?” Tina asked in

was about to answer when Tyler stood

by the ferocity in his eyes,

legs on you? Why do you need him to carry

eyes reddened, and she looked as though she was

frustrated Tyler even more, and he wanted to continue when Toby broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to

in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking

going to do it?” Toby asked instead with narrowed

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

Tina cried,

of tissue to

she answered,

and three others, who

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

and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he pretended to look

Sonia was preparing to heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It

she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while

because

smiled awkwardly.

one, either,” Rebecca and

“So nobody has

Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to bring a lighter, Toby’s cold voice

out a metal lighter which looked very expensive, he got up, walked to

looked at it, hesitant to accept

that she was tempted, and he stood up, speaking to Toby with a stiff smile on his face. “President

knitted his brows and turned to look at

Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something like

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