“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.

something suddenly hit Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By the

us,” she answered

beat two ladies in a hike and is taking so long to reach the

for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing him down,” Tyler explained on behalf of Toby

that, in a sense,

Toby still hadn’t made it to the top was

to be true when Toby arrived at the

her 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

meantime, Tyler stood next to him, fanning

alright, Toby?” Tina asked

to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily. “Do you

by the ferocity in his eyes, she staggered backward

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

as though she

and he wanted to continue when Toby broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted

him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking

are you going to do it?” Toby asked instead with

still moved out of the way after throwing a death stare

Tina cried, finally

piece of tissue to her,

she answered, nodding

three others, who were away collecting wood and

rocks in his hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby,

nonchalantly and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he pretended to look in Sonia’s

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

looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off

head. “I don’t have one because

his pockets and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I

either,” Rebecca and

Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a lighter. What are

to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to bring a

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

at

when he saw that she was tempted, 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

his brows and turned to look

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 smile, she continued,

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