“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.

that, something suddenly hit Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the mountain,

behind us,” she

two ladies in a

She must be

brows, thinking, I have to admit that,

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

true when Toby

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 out all year round, he was still deadbeat tired and was panting slightly as

Tyler stood next to him, fanning his sweat

Tina asked in concern as she

answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do you think

his eyes, she staggered backward

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

she looked as though she was

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 who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to do with

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

to do it?” Toby asked instead with narrowed

his lips, but still moved out of the way

Tina cried, finally

tissue to her, he cooed, “Don’t

she answered, nodding

and three others, who were away collecting

amusement, “Hey Toby, you

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

to heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed

looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her

head. “I don’t have one because I

and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to

either,” Rebecca

“So nobody has a lighter.

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

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

looked at it, hesitant to accept

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

brows and turned to look at Tina behind

just a lighter, and I’m not so

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