“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,

behind us,”

him can’t even beat two ladies in a hike and is taking so long to

Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing him down,” Tyler explained on behalf of

that, in

to the top was really because

to be true when

was a physically demanding task to carry a person weighing around a hundred pounds up the mountain. Even if

him, fanning his sweat and

Tina asked in

stood between them and glared

in his eyes, she staggered

legs on you? Why do

she looked as though she was about to burst into

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

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

are you going to do it?”

moved his lips, but still moved out of the way after throwing a death stare at

cried, finally

to

answered,

then, Sonia and three others, who were away collecting wood

said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made your way up here. It must

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

which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had

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

because I don’t smoke. What about

pockets and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I

either,” Rebecca

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

to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to

very expensive, he got

at it, hesitant

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

brows and turned to look at Tina behind

so petty as to be jealous over something

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