“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.

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

us,” she answered

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

but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing him down,”

I have to admit that, in a sense, this

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

be true when Toby arrived at

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

stood next to him, fanning

asked in concern as

stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do

in his eyes, she staggered backward and uttered,

have legs on you? Why do you

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

to continue when Toby broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing

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

it?” Toby asked instead with narrowed

of the way after throwing a death stare

Tina cried, finally

a piece of tissue to her, he cooed, “Don’t

answered,

who

and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made your way up

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

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;

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

his head. “I don’t have one because I

awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to

either,” Rebecca and Tyler

nobody has a lighter. What are we

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

very expensive, he got up, walked to Sonia,

merely looked at it, hesitant to accept

stiff smile on his face. “President Fuller, you better keep your lighter away. We don’t dare

knitted his brows and turned to look at Tina behind

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 like this.” Turning to Sonia with the same smile, she continued, “Miss Reed,

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