“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.

that, something suddenly hit Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked,

us,” she answered

in a hike and is taking

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

have to admit that, in a sense, this guy

it to the top was really

to be true when Toby arrived at the peak with Tina on

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.

next to him, fanning

you alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern as

and he was about to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do you think he’s

the ferocity in his eyes, she

you? Why do you need him to carry you? Can’t you walk

looked as though she was about to

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

speaking up for you and you want me to

it?” Toby asked instead with narrowed

lips, but still moved out of

cried, finally seeing

piece of tissue to her,

she answered, nodding

who

small rocks in his hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made your way up here.

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

Zane and Charles while

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

awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to

either,”

lamented, “So nobody has a lighter. What are we going to do

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 Sonia,

merely looked at it, hesitant to accept

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

knitted his brows and turned to

just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be

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