“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.

something suddenly hit Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the

behind us,” she answered

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

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

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

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

when Toby arrived at the

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,

him, fanning his sweat and passing water to

Toby?” Tina asked in concern

flew open, and he was about to answer when Tyler stood

the ferocity in his eyes, she staggered backward and

legs on you? Why

reddened, and she looked as though she was

him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her.

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

you going to do it?” Toby asked instead with narrowed

out of the way after throwing a death stare

cried, finally seeing

to her, he cooed, “Don’t

she answered,

three others, who were away collecting wood

rocks in his hands and said in amusement,

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

heat up the lunch which they had brought to

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

because I don’t smoke. What about

smiled awkwardly. “Sorry,

one, either,”

has a lighter. What are we going to do about

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

expensive, he got up, walked to Sonia, and passed it to

at it, hesitant to

that she was tempted, and he stood up, 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

knitted his brows and turned

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 Sonia with

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