“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.

a few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By

us,” she answered

sniggered. “A strong man like him can’t even beat two ladies in a hike and is

must be the one who’s slowing him down,” Tyler explained on behalf of Toby

that, in a sense, this guy really

still hadn’t made it to the top was

when Toby

fatigue. After all, it was a physically demanding task to carry a person weighing around a hundred pounds up

him, fanning his sweat and passing water to

asked in

open, and he was about to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do you think he’s

his eyes, she

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

eyes reddened, and she looked as though she was about to burst into

to continue when Toby broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to do with Tina. Get

in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and you want

to do it?” Toby asked instead with narrowed

still moved out of the way after throwing a death

Tina cried,

to her,

she answered,

and three others, who were away

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

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

up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed a hike, so they were all

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

have one because I don’t smoke. What about

felt his pockets and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to bring

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca

lamented, “So nobody has a lighter. What

was quiet, and while Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to bring a lighter,

very expensive, he got up, walked to Sonia, and passed it

at

his face. “President Fuller, you better keep your lighter away. We don’t dare to accept

and turned to look at

“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

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