“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, where’s my

us,”

in a hike and is

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

thinking, I have to admit that, in a sense, this guy really hit

made it to the top was really because of Tina

to be true when Toby arrived

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 panting slightly as

next to him, fanning his

asked in

eyes flew open, and he was about to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina

by the ferocity in his eyes, she staggered backward and

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

and she looked as though she was

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

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

going to do it?” Toby asked instead with

but still moved out of the way after throwing a death

Tina cried, finally seeing

of tissue to her, he cooed, “Don’t

answered, nodding

who were away collecting wood and

placed down the small rocks in his hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made your way up here. It must have been tough on

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

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

a lighter?” she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after she

head. “I don’t have one because I don’t smoke.

his pockets and smiled awkwardly.

one, either,” Rebecca and

“So nobody has a lighter. What

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

very expensive, he got up, walked to

merely looked at it,

dimmed when he 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

knitted his brows and turned to look

and I’m not so petty as to be

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