“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.

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

behind us,” she answered

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

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

I have to admit that,

to the top was really because of

true when Toby arrived at the peak with Tina on

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

next to him, fanning his

Tina asked in

when Tyler stood

his eyes, she staggered backward and uttered,

you have legs on you? Why do

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

state frustrated Tyler even more, and he wanted to continue when Toby broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one

disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and you want me to get out of the

going to do it?”

but still moved out of the way after

Tina cried, finally

tissue to

answered, nodding

and three others, who were

amusement,

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

had brought to the top. It was

a lighter?” she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while

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

his pockets and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I

one, either,” Rebecca and

helplessly, Sonia lamented, “So nobody has

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

a metal lighter which looked very expensive, he got up, walked

she merely looked at it,

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

his brows and turned

narrow-minded person, Mr. Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something like this.”

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