“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,

behind us,” she

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

sure. She must

to admit that, in

Toby still hadn’t made it to the top was really

words were soon confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the

down, Tyler 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 worked out all year round, he was

him, fanning his sweat and passing

Toby?” Tina asked in

Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily.

the ferocity in his eyes, she staggered backward

you? Why do you

eyes reddened, and she looked as though she was about to burst into

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

spun his head around, looking at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and you want me to get out

to do it?”

his lips, but still moved out of

cried, finally seeing

a piece of tissue to her, he

answered,

who were

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

ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he pretended to look

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 late and

have a lighter?” she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her

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

smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca

nobody has a lighter. What are we going to

the mountain with the cable car to bring a lighter, Toby’s

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

looked at it, hesitant to accept

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

brows and turned to

I’m not so petty as to

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