“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 the

us,”

ladies in a hike and is taking so long to

problem, but Tina, for sure. She must

her brows, thinking, I have to admit that,

it to the top was really

confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the peak

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

stood next to him, fanning his sweat and passing water to

Toby?” Tina asked in concern

to answer when Tyler stood between

his eyes,

on you? Why do you need him to carry you? Can’t

reddened, and she looked as though she was about

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

disgruntlement. “I’m speaking

you going to do it?”

out of the way after

cried, finally

a piece of tissue to her, he cooed,

she answered,

Sonia and three others, who

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

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

to build up a stove, Sonia was preparing to heat 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; it was time

lighter?” she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after

one because I don’t

awkwardly. “Sorry,

either,” Rebecca and Tyler

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

Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable

expensive, he got up, walked to Sonia, and passed it

at it, hesitant

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 us will be

turned to look at Tina behind

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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