“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

us,”

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

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

to admit that, in a sense, this guy really hit

it to the top

be true when Toby arrived at the peak with

placed her down, 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 up the mountain. Even if he worked out all year round, he was still deadbeat tired and was

stood next to him, fanning his sweat and

Toby?” Tina asked in concern

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

in his eyes, she

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

and she looked as

enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one

at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and you want me to get

you going to do it?” Toby asked

his lips, but still moved out of the way after throwing a death stare

Tina cried, finally

tissue to

she answered, nodding

three others, who were

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

ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his

stove, Sonia was preparing to heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and

she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing

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

smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I

either,”

has a lighter. What are we going to do

contemplating to send someone down the mountain with

very expensive, he got up, walked to Sonia, and passed it

merely looked at

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

brows and turned to look at Tina behind

such a narrow-minded person, Mr. Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty

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