“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.

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

behind us,” she answered

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

brother that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s

admit that, in

made it to the top was really because of Tina

confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the

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

him, fanning his sweat and

Tina asked in concern as

stood between them and

eyes, she staggered backward and uttered,

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

as though she was about to burst

enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to do with Tina. Get out of

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

you going to do it?” Toby asked

but still moved out of the way after throwing a

cried, finally

a piece of tissue to her, he cooed, “Don’t cry

she answered,

and three others, who were

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

him nonchalantly and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he

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

Charles while

shook his head. “I don’t have one because I don’t smoke. What about you?”

awkwardly. “Sorry,

bring one, either,” Rebecca

Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a lighter. What

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

a metal lighter which looked very expensive, he got up, walked

at it,

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

brows and turned to look at Tina behind

and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something like

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