“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.

minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By the way, Sonia, where’s

behind us,”

“A strong man like him can’t even beat two ladies in a hike and is taking so long to reach the

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

admit that, in a sense,

Toby still hadn’t made it to the top was really because of Tina dragging him

when Toby arrived at the

placed her down, Tyler 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

to him, fanning his sweat and passing water

you alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern as

answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina

ferocity in his eyes,

you have legs on you? Why do you

and she looked as though she was about to

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

looking at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and you want me to get out of

going to do it?”

out of the way after throwing a death stare at

cried, finally

of tissue to her, he cooed,

answered,

Sonia and three others, who were

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

ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he pretended to look

lunch which they had brought to the top.

Zane and Charles

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

awkwardly. “Sorry,

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca and Tyler

has a lighter. What are we

was quiet, and while Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable

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

looked at

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

his brows and turned

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

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