“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.

minutes later. Looking down

behind us,” she answered

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

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

brows, thinking, I have to admit that, in a sense, this guy

reason that Toby still hadn’t made it to the top

be true when Toby arrived at the peak with Tina on his

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 still deadbeat tired and was panting slightly as he sat

next to him, fanning his sweat

asked in

stood between them and glared

eyes,

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

as though she was about

continue when Toby broke him off, 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

speaking up for you and you

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

moved out of the

Tina cried, finally

a piece of tissue to

she answered, nodding

and three others, who were away collecting wood and

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

Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he pretended to look in Sonia’s direction

stove, Sonia was preparing to heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone

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

don’t have one because I don’t smoke. What about

awkwardly. “Sorry,

either,” Rebecca

“So nobody has a lighter. What are

mountain with the cable car to

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

at it,

dimmed 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

brows and turned to look

of me 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 smile, she continued, “Miss Reed,

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