“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.

suddenly hit Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By the

us,”

ladies in a hike and is taking

It’s not my brother that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing

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

made it to the top

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

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 panting slightly as he sat

stood next to him, fanning his

alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern as she paced

open, and he was about to answer when Tyler stood between them and

by the ferocity in his eyes,

legs on you? Why do you need

Tina’s eyes reddened, and she looked as though she was about

and he wanted to continue when Toby broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now.

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

to do it?”

lips, but still moved out of the

cried, finally seeing

of tissue to

answered,

then, Sonia and three others, who were away collecting wood and stones,

Tina, Zane placed down the small rocks in his hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you

retracted his

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

Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after she was done putting up the

shook his head. “I don’t have one because I

awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to

one, either,” Rebecca and

skies helplessly, Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a

quiet, and while Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to bring a lighter, Toby’s cold voice suddenly echoed. “I have

he got up, walked to Sonia,

looked at it, hesitant to accept

saw that she was tempted, and he stood up, 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 fiancée gets jealous again, all of us

brows and turned to look

a smile, Tina said, “You think of me as such a narrow-minded person, Mr. Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something like this.” Turning to Sonia with the same smile,

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