“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.

Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By the way, Sonia,

behind us,”

even beat two ladies in a hike and is taking

problem, but Tina, for sure. She must

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

to the top was really because

soon confirmed to be true when Toby

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 up the mountain. Even if he worked out all year round,

him, fanning his sweat and passing water to

Tina asked

stood

ferocity in his eyes, she staggered backward

do you want to say?” Tyler barked. “Don’t you have legs on you? Why do you need him to carry you? Can’t

eyes reddened, and she looked as though she was about to

broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was

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

going to do it?” Toby asked instead with

of the way

cried, finally

of tissue to her, he cooed,

she answered,

three others, who were away

placed down the small rocks in his hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made your

ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he pretended to look in Sonia’s direction

collected to build up a stove, Sonia was preparing to heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed a hike, so

Charles while brushing her hands off

his head. “I don’t have one because I

felt his pockets and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca and

“So nobody has a lighter. What

the mountain with

he got up, walked to

at it, hesitant

“President Fuller, you better keep your lighter away. We don’t dare to accept anything from you. If your fiancée gets

knitted his brows and turned

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

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