“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 way,

behind us,”

him can’t even beat two ladies in a hike and is taking

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

raised her brows, thinking, I have to admit that, in a sense,

to the top was

be true when Toby arrived at

placed 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 all year round, he was still deadbeat

next to him, fanning his

alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern

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

by the ferocity in his eyes, she staggered backward and uttered,

Tyler barked. “Don’t you have legs on you? Why do you need him to carry

Tina’s eyes reddened, and she looked as though she was about

enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has

speaking up for you and you want

to do it?”

lips, but still moved out of the way after throwing a death

cried, finally

to her, he cooed, “Don’t

answered,

who were away collecting wood

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

him. Very quickly, he retracted

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

looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after she was done putting up the

“I don’t have one because I don’t

his pockets and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca

“So nobody has a lighter. What are we going

someone down the mountain with the cable car to bring a

a metal lighter which looked very expensive, he got up, walked to Sonia,

at it, hesitant to

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

turned to look at Tina behind

so petty as to be jealous over something like this.” Turning to Sonia with the same smile,

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