“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.

Despite that, something suddenly hit Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By the way, Sonia, where’s my brother?”

“He’s behind us,” she answered casually.

Charles sniggered. “A strong man like him can’t even beat two ladies in a hike and is taking so long to reach the top. He’s really useless.”

“That’s nonsense. It’s not my brother that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing him down,” Tyler explained on behalf of Toby indignantly.

Sonia raised her brows, thinking, I have to admit that, in a sense, this guy really hit the bullseye.

made it to the

enough, Tyler’s words were soon confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the peak with

as he adjusted his body to the fatigue. After all, it was a physically demanding task to carry a person weighing around

stood next to him, fanning his sweat and passing water to

alright, Toby?” Tina asked in

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

eyes, she staggered

“Don’t you have legs on you? Why do you need him to

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

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

at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for

going to do it?”

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

cried,

to her, he

answered,

others, who were away collecting wood and stones,

hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made your

merely glanced at him nonchalantly and ignored him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before that, he

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

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

head. “I don’t have one because I don’t

awkwardly. “Sorry, I

bring one, either,” Rebecca and Tyler

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

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

a metal lighter which looked very expensive, he got

at it, hesitant to

“President Fuller, you better keep your lighter away. We don’t dare to accept anything from you. If your fiancée gets

brows and turned to look at

a narrow-minded person, Mr. Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be jealous

few seconds steadily before taking the lighter from

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