Chapter 354 Distraught


    It waste winter now and snow was frequent. Seacisco, the concrete jungle, was covered in a


    layer of snow and frost.


    Catherine Turner was calmly making tea in her residence. After decades of experiencing the world,


    she had assumed a noble, elegant demeanor.


    "My dear daughter, you''ve been looking sullen these days. What''s the matter?"


    After pondering for a moment, she smiled at Charis sympathetically and asked, "Is it about a boy?"


    Feeling agitated, Charis stared at the tea in her cup with her chin propped on one hand. "Mom, I


    don''t want to talk about it, okay?"


    Catherine could sense that something was wrong. She eyed her daughter warily, wondering what


    had happened.


    Although Ethan had warned Charis several times, she couldn''t stop herself from hiring a private


    detective to investigate J.


    She had thought that she could use the Lind family to hurt J, but she found out that J had


    cut all ties with the Lind family. The only family she had now was Hannah Stone, who used to serve


    the Lind family.


    But it was clear that Hannah loved J and would never do anything to hurt her. Charis couldn''t


    use her at all.


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    Fortunately, Charis also found out about Tyler, Hannah''s son who hadn''t been in contact with her for


    years.


    Tyler was a scumbag and gambling addict. He was deep in debt and was at the end of his rope, so


    Charis thought that he was the perfect guy to start with.


    Charis spent some money and asked someone in kewood who knew Tyler to "casually" tell him


    that J worked in the Larson Group.


    Two dayster, as expected, Tyler came running back to Seacisco and went straight to J.


    Charis had thought that she had everything under control.


    But what she hadn''t foreseen was that J would ask Ethan for help the second she found out


    about Tyler''s gambling debts.


    And Ethan had dealt with it easily. Now, Tyler had no choice but to pay off his debts by himself.


    Seeing that her n was going to fail again, Charis felt frustrated and unwilling to let Tyler to start


    over again like that.


    So that night, she used the Turner family''s connections to hire human traffickers to set a trap for


    Tyler to abduct J for money.


    But just before her n could seed, someone meddled and ruined things for her.


    Little did she know that Ethan had sent someone to rece Laney while she was out of


    commission. The new bodyguard was good and she saved J right after she was abducted.


    Originally, Charis wasn''t that invested. If her n seeded, then that would be good for her.


    If it didn''t, then she wouldn''t lose anything. After all, because Tyler was the one doing all the bad


    things, he would be the one to go to prison. She could always back away.


    But Ethan didn''t seem to intent to let things go so easily even after Tyler was put in jail.


    Now, Charis was distraught. Ethan had begun to investigate the matter thoroughly. He''d find out that


    she was behind everything sooner orter.


    "Mom, I need to go back to work. I''ll visit you another time." Lost in thought, Charis looked flustered.


    She suddenly stood up from her seat, grabbed her bag, and hurried out of the room.


    "But you just arrived—!" Catherine sighed regretfully. She hadn''t spent much time with her daughter


    ever since she lived separately with Luke.