“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

us,” she

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

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

raised her brows, thinking, I have to admit that, in

still hadn’t made it to the top was really because of

were soon confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the peak with

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,

him, fanning his sweat and

alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern as she

Tyler stood between them and glared

ferocity in his eyes,

“Don’t you have legs on you? Why do you need him to carry you?

Tina’s eyes reddened, and she looked as though

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

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

it?” Toby asked

but still moved out of the way

Tina cried, finally

of tissue to her,

answered,

Sonia and three others, who were away collecting wood and stones,

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

merely glanced at him nonchalantly and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his

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

a lighter?” she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her hands

don’t have one because I don’t smoke. What about

awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca

“So nobody has

down the mountain with the cable car to bring a lighter, Toby’s cold voice suddenly echoed.

a metal lighter which looked very expensive, he

looked at it, hesitant to accept

he saw 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

knitted his brows and turned to look at Tina behind

Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to

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