“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.

down the mountain, he asked, “By the

us,” she

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

brother that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing him down,” Tyler explained

admit that, in a sense, this guy really

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

when Toby arrived at the peak with Tina on his

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

him, fanning his sweat and passing water to

you alright, Toby?” Tina asked in

and he was about to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do

in his eyes, she staggered backward and uttered,

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

and she looked as though she was about

“That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to do with

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

to do it?”

moved out of the way after

Tina cried,

a piece of tissue to her, he

answered,

Sonia and three others, who were away

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

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

to build 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 completed a hike, so they were all hungry; it

does anyone have a lighter?” she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after she was done putting

don’t have one because I

smiled awkwardly. “Sorry,

one, either,” Rebecca and

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

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

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

looked at

eyes 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 jealous again, all of

his brows and turned to look

Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something like this.” Turning to Sonia with

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