“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

behind us,”

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

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

brows, thinking, I have to admit that, in a sense, this

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

soon confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the peak

a physically demanding task to carry a person weighing around a hundred pounds up the mountain. Even if he worked out all year round, he was

the meantime, Tyler stood next to him, fanning his

asked in concern as she

to answer when Tyler stood between them and

his eyes, she staggered

want to say?” Tyler barked. “Don’t you have legs on you?

reddened, and she looked as though she

state 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 do with Tina. Get out of the

Tyler spun his head around, looking at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and you want me to get out of

going to do it?” Toby asked instead with

moved out of the way after throwing a death

Tina cried,

to her, he cooed, “Don’t

answered,

others, who were away collecting wood

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

nonchalantly and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted

brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed a hike, so they were all hungry; it was time to

she asked, looking at Zane and Charles

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

his pockets and smiled awkwardly.

either,” Rebecca and

nobody has a lighter. What are we going to do

send someone down the mountain with the cable car to bring

metal lighter which looked very expensive, he got up,

she merely looked at it,

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

knitted his brows and turned

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

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