“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.

a few minutes later. Looking down the

us,” she

in a hike and is taking

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

admit that, in a sense, this

made it to the top was really because

Tyler’s words were soon confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the peak

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

to him, fanning his sweat

Toby?” Tina asked in concern as she

about to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do you

eyes, she staggered backward

have legs on you? Why do you need

as though she was about to

him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has

in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and

it?” Toby asked instead with narrowed

of the

Tina cried, finally

tissue to her, he cooed,

she answered,

others, who were away

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

Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that,

brought to the top.

she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after she

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

his pockets and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry,

either,”

Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a lighter. What

the mountain with the cable car to bring a

metal lighter which looked very expensive, he got up, walked to Sonia, and passed it to

looked at it, hesitant to

on his face. “President Fuller, you better keep your lighter away.

turned to look at Tina behind

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

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