“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 the way,

behind us,”

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

my brother that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must

to admit that,

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

to be true when Toby arrived at the peak with

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

meantime, Tyler stood next to him, fanning his sweat and

alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern as

Tyler stood between

eyes, she staggered

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

saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to do with Tina. Get out of

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

to do it?”

lips, but still moved out of the way after throwing

Tina cried, finally seeing

tissue to

answered,

then, Sonia and three others, who were away collecting wood and

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

merely glanced at him nonchalantly and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he

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

she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing

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

awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to

bring one, either,”

the skies helplessly, Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a lighter. What are we going to

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

looked very expensive, he got up,

merely looked at

“President Fuller, you better keep your lighter away. We don’t dare to accept anything from

his brows and turned to look at Tina behind

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

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