“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 the

us,”

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

brother that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing

to admit that, in

to the top was really because of Tina dragging him

soon confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at

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

meantime, Tyler stood next to him,

Toby?” Tina asked in

when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do you think he’s

by the ferocity in his eyes, she staggered backward and uttered,

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

as though she was about to burst

sight of her in this 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 who wanted

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

do it?” Toby asked instead with narrowed

out of the

Tina cried, finally

tissue to her, he cooed, “Don’t cry

she answered,

then, Sonia and three others, who were away

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

he retracted his gaze, but before

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

Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after she was done putting up the

shook his head. “I don’t have one because I don’t smoke. What about you?” he asked

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

didn’t bring one, either,”

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

send someone down the mountain with the

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

looked at it, hesitant to accept

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 anything from you. If your fiancée gets jealous again, all of

brows and turned to look at

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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