“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

us,”

strong man like him can’t even beat two ladies in a hike and

not my brother that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing him down,” Tyler explained on

to admit that, in a sense, this

made it to the top was really because of

to be true when

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

next to him, fanning his sweat and passing

Toby?” Tina asked in concern as she

and he was about to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do

his eyes, she staggered

want to say?” Tyler barked. “Don’t you have legs on you? Why

and she looked as though she was about to

enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was

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

are you going to do it?” Toby

of the

Tina cried, finally

of tissue to her,

answered, nodding

three others, who were

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

nonchalantly and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but

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 everyone had completed a hike,

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

head. “I don’t have one because

smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca and Tyler

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

was quiet, and while Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to

which looked very expensive, he got up, walked to Sonia, and

she merely looked at it, hesitant to

saw that she was tempted, and he stood up, speaking to Toby with a stiff smile on his face. “President Fuller, you better keep

and turned

and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something like

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