Never Too Far Novel

A month ago, the bar had changed owners as it was bought by the gorgeously handsome man before him. From then on, the bar was only open whenever the man felt like it, although he spent most of the time drinking alone in the bar. At one time, the ladies who came to the bar were captivated by his charming good looks, but they all ended up fearing him, especially those who tried to approach him. He not only had a cold shoulder, but he greeted those women with a frosty, scathing look. It wasn’t enjoyable to be scrutinized under the man’s gaze, which would freeze a person from head to toe as if skinning them alive.

The man being described was Arthur Weiss, the mysterious young man of noble descent who had been looking for his family heirloom.

“Young Master Weiss, we’ll surely find her,” the bodyguard said in an effort to comfort him.

Arthur’s patience was running out. He had tried everything he could, but he couldn’t find the thief’s whereabouts at all. He had checked the bar’s surveillance footage, as well as surveillance footage of the road, but the young lady was so heavily made-up that there was no way of knowing what she really looked like.

He had considered going to the police, but he didn’t want the loss of his family heirloom to be made public, fearing that the thief might destroy the heirloom if she were to learn that it was an object of great importance. If that happened, even if he caught her, he might not be able to recover it. Therefore, he would rather let her keep the heirloom first and sort her out later when he found her.

Right now, he was waiting for the final piece of information—the cab driver who had driven her to the bar that night was found.

At this moment, a man in his early thirties came in after the bodyguard through the entrance. He had heard that the bar had closed down; it was once a paradise for the rich and the most luxurious money-squandering establishment in town. He then saw a man sitting in a chair next to the bar counter. He was toying with a wine glass, and it was evident from the sound of the wine glass being swirled around that the man had superb bartending skills.

“Young Master Weiss, here’s the cab driver who drove that lady to the bar that night.”

Arthur had another of his men take out two bundles of cash. Then, he pushed the photo next to him toward the man, asking, “Do you remember this lady? The money is yours as long as you tell me where you picked her up.”

Seeing the heavily made-up young lady in the photo, the driver instantly remembered her. “Yes, yes, I do remember this lady. She was coming out of a restaurant when I picked her up.”

“Did she say anything during the ride?”

“Yes, she did. She made a phone call. I remember it very well; she was crying her eyes out, seemingly telling her dad that she didn’t want to get married.”

Arthur felt that victory was in sight. “Can I have the video of the ride that night?”

The cab driver darted a look at the two bundles of cash before taking out his cell phone even more briskly. “Sure, sure. Let me find it for you right away.” Finally, he brought up precisely the video recording of that night.

Arthur looked at the young lady who had gotten into the cab in the video, and sure enough, she was none other than the female thief. I’ve got you at last, he thought.

The cab driver left immediately after getting the money.

On the other hand, Arthur was watching the video recording of that night. The cab ride lasted a total of 23 minutes. The somewhat blurry video showed that after getting into the cab, the young lady first stared blankly out of the car window for a long time.

Suddenly, her cell phone rang; she picked it up and answered, “Hey, Dad.”

Shortly after that, she got emotional and added, “I want to call off the engagement. I don’t want to get married… I just want to get married to the love of my life. I don’t want to get married to Christopher York.”

The person calling her then said something on the other end of the line, upon which she instantly burst into tears and cried like a baby. After that, she hung up the phone and said to the cab driver, “Drive me to the most luxurious bar in the city.”

The man gave her a few words of comfort before mentioning the name of a bar, to which she replied, “Okay, drive me there.”

After that, she remained silent until getting out of the cab.

Christopher York, huh? A sneer flashed across Arthur’s face. At last, he had a clue about the young lady’s identity. “I want all the information about this lady in ten minutes.”

He had finally reached the limit of his patience.

After less than ten minutes, his bodyguard handed him an iPad. “Young Master Weiss, Christopher York is a well-known rich dandy in Averna. Only one person has been rumored to be engaged to him this year, and her name is Sophia Goodwin.”

Arthur picked up the iPad and fixed his eyes on the lady in the photo. The light shone on her face, illuminating her tender features; she looked as breathtakingly pure as a fresh-out-of-water water lily.

Although she looked totally different from the heavily made-up lady from the other night, there was no way Arthur could mistake her for someone else with his excellent eyesight. It’s her, he thought. He recognized from this pair of eyes that the lady in the photo was the one from the other night. She was heavily made-up that night, but her eyes were indescribably clear and bright; they were as black and lustrous as obsidian. “Find out everything about her family as well as her extended families,” he ordered frostily.

Having gotten accustomed to his temper, the bodyguard beside him immediately did as he was told.

Arthur had grown up being raised like a prince since he was born, and his family owned a territory that spanned an incredibly wide area. Consequently, as the only child of his family, he was both the lifeblood of his family and the heir to a family fortune that was worth hundreds of millions. As a result, he had never been offended by anyone from his birth until he was 27 years old. If he was dissatisfied with anything, it had to be dealt with within a day. This time, however, he had lost his family heirloom for over a month, which was the greatest humiliation of his life. Therefore, it was foreseeable how miserable the young lady’s fate would be.

Ten minutes later, the bodyguard handed the iPad to him once again. “Young Master Weiss, here is all the information about Sophia Goodwin. Please take a look.”

Arthur read through the story about the Goodwin Family. Sophia’s father was the chairman of two listed companies and had a fortune of over ten billion. However, his business had been losing money in recent years, so he was now two billion in debt instead. Therefore, he intended to establish a collaboration with the York Family, forming an alliance with them by marrying off his beloved only daughter to Christopher.

Arthur checked the time; it was 8:00 PM. He curled his lips into a sneer, saying, “Let’s pay a visit to the Goodwins.”

Meanwhile, at the Goodwin Residence, Drake Goodwin was distressed by his company’s inability to sustain itself while fretting about his runaway daughter. The deal had been made between the two families, and Christopher liked Sophia very much, but she wilfully and recklessly sneaked out of the country. Since then, she had been incommunicado, her whereabouts unknown.

Emma, his wife, said worriedly, “Take the medicine, Drake, or your heart’s gonna give you problems again.”

Drake swallowed the medicine before asking the butler, “Have you found out which country Sophia is in?”

“Miss Sophia is hiding very well this time. We really can’t find her; she’s got the backbone not to use all her debit cards even after you’ve had them unfrozen.”

“Well, she’s not to blame for this. I’ve spoiled her rotten since she was little.” Drake cared very much about Sophia, after all. At this moment, he was worried again about how she was doing abroad.

“Sigh. Sophia probably dislikes Young Master Christopher for his looks.”

Drake argued, “He’s a little chubby, but that’s understandable. It’ll be fine as long as he loses a bit of weight!” In his opinion, Christopher was somewhat overweight and plain-looking, but he wasn’t all that bad as a husband.

Arthur read through the story about the Goodwin Family. Sophia’s father was the chairman of two listed companies and had a fortune of over ten billion. However, his business had been losing money in recent years, so he was now two billion in debt instead. Therefore, he intended to establish a collaboration with the York Family, forming an alliance with them by marrying off his beloved only daughter to Christopher.

“I’m afraid it won’t be easy for him to lose weight with his size.” Emma gave him a dirty look. “He’s almost 220 pounds.”

Drake immediately heaved a sigh. “If I’d had another choice, I wouldn’t have put Sophia through this.”

“Who cares if the company is going bankrupt? It’s fine as long as we’ve got some money left to support ourselves in our old age,” Emma said.

“The company was founded by my grandpa, so I have to keep it afloat. I’d never give up unless we’re in a hopeless situation,” Drake replied with ambition.

However, little did he know that he would be in a hopeless situation tonight—and a chillingly hopeless situation at that, because his daughter had brought the Goodwins an even greater disaster in the form of a young man from a mysterious and overwhelmingly wealthy family.

Just then, the servant came over and reported, “Sir, someone’s asking to meet you.”

“Who’d be visiting at such a late hour? Invite the person in,” Drake replied with a wave of his hand.

Soon after that, he saw a dignified-looking young man dressed in expensive clothes coming in under the light. He looked charmingly handsome, as if his face had been kissed by God. Not only that, but as he walked, he gave off an air of aloofness, projecting a powerful and forbidding presence.

Emma’s eyes widened slightly. Just who is this rich young man? Is he here because of Sophia?

“What can I do for you, sir?” Drake said with a smile as he greeted the young man. He searched his memory, but he couldn’t seem to remember or know such a figure.

“This is our Young Master. His family name is Weiss, so you may call him Young Master Weiss,” Arthur’s bodyguard replied in a deep voice.

Drake carefully searched his memory again for a family surnamed Weiss, but nothing came to mind. He couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Weiss, may I know who your father is?”

“You’re not qualified to know that,” Arthur replied impassively.

Drake was rendered speechless for a moment. I’ve never seen such an arrogant young man before, he thought. Holding back his temper, he asked, “In that case, Young Master Weiss, what makes you come to me at this time of night?”

Arthur darted his eyes toward the couple. “Your daughter has stolen my family heirloom, so I’m here to look for her.”

“What? You mean Sophia has stolen from you? That’s impossible! Sophia never steals from anyone,” Emma immediately retorted for Sophia’s sake.

“Your daughter has stolen Young Master Weiss’ priceless family heirloom in a bar. Please return it immediately,” Arthur’s bodyguard replied.

Drake thought this was impossible, though. “This has got to be a misunderstanding, or you guys must’ve gotten the wrong person. My daughter isn’t in the country. She went abroad a month ago.”

The bodyguard produced an iPad and handed it to the couple. “Is this your daughter?”

Emma immediately took the iPad to confirm it, and sure enough, she recognized Sophia at a glance despite the latter’s heavy makeup. “What’s wrong with Sophia? It’s indeed my daughter in the video, but she won’t steal anything.”

“Where is she?” Arthur asked, narrowing his glacial eyes.

“My daughter isn’t in the country. And besides, we’ve lost touch with her as well. I’m sorry, Young Master Weiss, but I’m afraid you have to wait until she comes back. When she does, we’ll immediately ask her about this,” Emma replied honestly.

“Wait? I hate this word the most.” Arthur had run out of patience because of this, so it was impossible for him to wait any longer.

“But there’s nothing we can do about this. We can’t get in touch with our daughter at the moment. If she’s really taken something from you, we’ll definitely ask her to return it.”

“Your daughter has taken Young Master Weiss’ dearest possession. If the object is broken, there’s no way you can afford to pay for it.” The bodyguard explained the gravity of the situation.

Drake and Emma exchanged a brief look. Then, Drake promised, “If our daughter has really taken it, we’ll definitely give it back to you in perfect condition.”

right? I

Emma

that very soon,” Arthur replied impassively. Then, he said to

and Emma watched as the mysterious man showed up and left after leaving behind a jumble of mysteries. It was

is she?” Arthur asked, narrowing his glacial

this Young Master Weiss from?” Emma promptly asked

but I couldn’t recall anyone surnamed Weiss among the bigwigs that I know of. Perhaps he’s

doesn’t seem so to me. Both his bearing and the way he dresses are definitely those

making a fuss over nothing.” Drake looked down on such gilded youth. “How could I not know what kind of a person I’ve brought Sophia up to be? She’d never steal anything. She had never even taken one more candy from others since

has a way to make Sophia

around it either. How can he find our daughter, whom we’re unable to find after doing

phone call. “Bad news, Mr. Goodwin! Someone has bought the Alpire Group, and the capital project that we just negotiated

it be? Who bought

“We don’t know yet.”

This is my last chance,” Drake

had severe insomnia the previous night, but he received another piece of bad news early the next morning. Because of his immense debts, his company was jointly sued by multiple creditors and it was about to be declared bankrupt and liquidated. In just a night,

“David, you said before that you’d give me time to

that. I was under

wrong? Who forced you to harrass

we’re good friends,

the phone, he couldn’t figure out who he

could be heard from outside before a housekeeper

suspecting that you’ve been involved in several commercial fraud cases. Please

husband is a legitimate businessman. He wouldn’t break the

“It’s okay. I’ll go over and

covering the headlines of major news outlets across the world. His photo was featured

overnight and went into liquidation before it was eventually acquired by a mysterious force and Drake was in debt for one billion. This issue became a huge sensation in the country as Goodwin Corporation was a long-standing business that was famous for their furniture before they finally dabbled in the development of various

ruined the Goodwin Family swirled the red wine in his glass as if he had let a huge burden off his shoulders and his seductive lips curled into a slight smile as he said, “If anything, their daughter is

reported all over the world. If that girl sees it, she will definitely

“It’s okay. I’ll go over and

he were hunting his prey. He was

early next month, so he was not in a hurry and could attend the wedding before leaving the

at the same moment when he received a phone call and happily answered

asked him

should prepare as a present. Richard’s not gonna have time to come over at this point. Guess I’ll have to prepare a gift for my godson.

his lip, but he couldn’t come up with anything even after racking his brain as Elliot already owned the things that he could

restaurant, Elliot looked at his buddy who was entering. He narrowed his eyes and asked, “Why did the

curled his lips into a smile. “Oh, you’re quite

to the corporate world, it was impossible for him not to

me why you did it,” he asked

their fault for giving birth to a

your family

have no idea what she’s done to

a huge fuss just to force her to show up on her own,

anything else.” Arthur picked up a glass from the table

words, Elliot felt a hint of pity for

should give you as a wedding gift? Tell me, what else do

Elliot didn’t want him to break the bank for a

godson a present too, but I don’t

“If you can’t, you can also hurry up and get

my best man!” Elliot

Arthur waved

“Why not?”

I might steal all your

wouldn’t happen.” Elliot was confident in

buddies looked at each other and laughed. This kind of happiness between friends was simple and pure, and sometimes

picked up the trash and was about to throw it into a nearby trash can, but just

entire newspaper and saw the picture of her father on the headline with a text description next to

dad caught, and why did the company go bankrupt?” The

Her friend rushed over to

was captured. I have to go

her first time contacting her family ever since she bailed on her marriage a

voice

“Why not?”

might steal all your glory!”

happened to

a conscience? Hurry up and come back! Your dad

Sophia was so anxious that her eyes welled up with tears. She had been a bad daughter for leaving her family

send you to the

the hotel. As she was too worried about her father, Sophia was so panicked that even when the necklace around her neck suddenly fell into the clothes in her suitcase, she didn’t notice at all. Instead, she stuffed a few

airport and boarded a plane to return home. At the same time, a message arrived on a certain man’s phone with

back,

my fault. It’s because I didn’t marry Christopher that Dad’s company is in trouble now. She regretted her stubborn decision to bail from her marriage, and thought that she should’ve married

didn’t love him, she was now willing to give up

way, she looked through the domestic news, and her father’s photos were posted everywhere. Was the media running out of things to report? Did they have to

Sophia’s cab was

scared, and when he saw the tall bodyguard who came down from the first car, he asked in a

shook her head as she looked at the tall man dressed

be looking for

“No!”

man said to her through the window, “Miss Goodwin, our young

you?” Sophia asked immediately. Christopher had once forced her to go on a date with him

for you. He wants to talk

car, Sophia felt that something was wrong. The windows of these cars were bulletproof, and although Christopher’s family was rich, it wasn’t to

Where are you bringing

reach, Miss,”

the bodyguard in the passenger seat was a blond foreigner, and the other bodyguards weren’t

the York Family’s

and put the pedal to the metal,

the bar, and Sophia looked at the bar in shock. Didn’t I come here before? “Why did you take me

Goodwin, this way, please. Our young master is waiting for you

the car, but as soon as she did, she tried to run away. However, the bodyguards had expected her to escape, and two of them flanked her on both sides before hoisting her inside as if she were

are you? I’m going to call the police!” Sophia screamed all the way until she was thrown in front of a pair of long slender

all the way upward… Damn it, did this person have to have such long legs? Finally, she raised her head with difficulty and saw a

exactly are you? Where are

up, and even if she was standing, she was still a head shorter than him. She huffed angrily,

a deep breath and stared at her upright and clueless face. His lips curled as he said, “Before you accuse me of kidnapping, why don’t you try

never even met you before, so how could I steal from you?” Sophia thought that this man was handsome, but there was something wrong with him

forcibly got into my car and took the opportunity to take my necklace. Did you lose your memory, thief?” Arthur

However, she felt nothing. What’s going on? I swear I was wearing that necklace around my neck all this while.

on the plane? Or in the cab? She

time because someone was chasing me at the bar entrance. As for stealing your things, I didn’t steal it. My hair got caught on your necklace, and when your bodyguard took me out,

with her and just wanted to see his family heirloom at that

where she had dropped it, so how could she hand

“Uh… I…”

you can’t hand it over, your father will be doomed

to my dad?”

necklace. Return it to me now,” Arthur demanded again, his cold gaze boring

powerful at a glance, so was her father’s company made bankrupt by him, and was her father also sent to the police station because she accidentally took his necklace last time? In that case, did that mean that she was the cause of her father’s misfortune? However, she didn’t know where the necklace had gone.

you only if you get my dad out of the police station. Otherwise, don’t think about seeing your necklace again.” She raised her head

How dare this girl threaten Young Master Weiss? Does

man in front of her was. Even if she did, she would not be afraid of him as

Arthur thought he didn’t hear her right. This woman wouldn’t return

If you want your necklace back, you have to let my dad go. Otherwise, you’ll never get it

in the air. If it wasn’t because she was a woman, he would’ve definitely thrown a punch her way. If

as she backed away in an attempt to put some distance between

me

my dad gets

really don’t know your place. Do you know

my dad out of the police station. Otherwise, don’t think about seeing your necklace again.” She raised her

I have to know who

the side looked at her with wide eyes, feeling scared for this girl who was constantly looking for death. They wanted to show her what their monstrous young master was

safely come home

the brink of

my necklace within an hour.” He

that

said to the bodyguard, “My suitcase

bodyguard looked at Arthur. From the looks of things, this girl had the greater say, so he