“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.

Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By

us,”

him can’t even beat two ladies in a hike and is

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

I have to admit that, in a sense, this guy really hit

reason that Toby still hadn’t made it to the top was really because of Tina dragging him

to be true when Toby arrived at the peak with

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

next to him, fanning his sweat and passing

you alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern as

he was about to answer when Tyler stood between them

by the ferocity in his eyes, she

you?

as though she was

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

disgruntlement. “I’m speaking

are you going to do it?”

lips, but still moved out of the way after throwing

Tina cried, finally seeing

to her, he cooed, “Don’t cry

answered,

then, Sonia and three others, who were

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

retracted his gaze, but before that, he

Zane had collected to build up a stove, Sonia was preparing to heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting

at Zane and Charles while brushing

don’t have one because I don’t smoke.

awkwardly. “Sorry, I

either,” Rebecca and

nobody has a lighter. What

with the cable car to bring a lighter,

a metal lighter which looked very expensive, he got

she merely looked at it, hesitant to accept

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

turned to look at

a smile, Tina said, “You think 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

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