“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.

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

us,”

in a hike and is taking so long to

problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one

that, in

reason that Toby still hadn’t made it to the top

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 if he worked out all year round, he was

Tyler stood next to him, fanning his

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

stood between them and glared

by the ferocity in his eyes, she staggered

barked. “Don’t you have legs on you? Why do you need him to carry you?

she looked as

continue when Toby broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her.

his head around, looking at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up

going to do it?” Toby asked

moved out of the way

Tina cried, finally seeing

to her, he cooed, “Don’t

she answered, nodding

Sonia and three others, who were

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

retracted his gaze, but before that, he pretended to look in

they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed a hike,

anyone have a lighter?” she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her

his head. “I don’t have one because

smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to bring

bring one, either,” Rebecca

Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a lighter. What are we

Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to bring a

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

she merely looked at it, hesitant

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 be

his brows and turned

a narrow-minded person, Mr. Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something

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