“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.

down the mountain, he asked, “By the way, Sonia, where’s

behind us,” she

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

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

admit that, in a sense, this guy really hit

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

were soon confirmed to be true when Toby

Tyler 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

next to him, fanning his

alright, Toby?” Tina asked in

Tyler stood between

the ferocity in his eyes, she staggered backward and uttered,

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

Tina’s eyes reddened, and she looked as

him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to do with

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

do it?” Toby

out of the

Tina cried,

a piece of tissue to

answered, nodding

who

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

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

the lunch which they had brought to the

at Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after

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

and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to

bring one, either,”

into the skies helplessly, Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a lighter.

was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable car

he got up, walked to Sonia,

at it,

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

brows and turned

just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something like this.” Turning

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