Never Too Far Novel

“Okay then. I’ll take a photo for you if I meet her.” Ellen had no choice but to agree. Selena couldn’t do anything to Ellen anyway even if Ellen didn’t take the photo.

After Ellen hung up the phone, she took out a book she’d brought along and started reading. Reading during her spare time at work could increase her knowledge, which she thought was great.

Suddenly, she wasn’t aware of when, but a figure approached the window. The man didn’t bother her but merely stood by the window silently and watched admiringly for a short while before leaving.

At Connor’s house, Harvey’s family came to visit Connor. Olivia was just about to ask Harvey about his pursuit of Ellen when Harvey lowered his head disappointedly and said, “Mrs. Aguirre, Ellen has a boyfriend, so it wouldn’t be right to pursue her!”

“What?! Ellen has a boyfriend?”

“Yes. When I gave her a call this morning, a man answered the call. That man claimed that he was Ellen’s boyfriend and told me to stop bothering her.” Harvey felt quite annoyed and discontented. I spent so much money, and yet I didn’t even get the chance to hold Ellen’s hand!

As for Olivia, she couldn’t contain her curiosity. Does Ellen actually have a boyfriend?! Since when? Who’s the guy?

Olivia suddenly realized that Selena should be with Ellen right now, so she decided to get Selena to find out. If the guy was an ordinary man, it was fine to let Ellen continue the relationship. However, if the guy came from a wealthy family background, then that was unacceptable. After all, Ellen would end up as a threat to them if she had better progress in life.

Olivia entered the master bedroom and gave her daughter a call.

“Hi, Mom. What’s the matter? I’m at work right now!” Selena answered the phone.

“Lena, you live with Ellen right now, don’t you? Do you know that she has a boyfriend?”

“She has a boyfriend?! Who told you that?”

“Harvey. He called Ellen this morning, and a man answered her phone.”

Selena felt quite perplexed. “That’s not possible. I dropped her off at work this morning. She should be in the office.”

“Then how could a man have possibly answered her phone and claimed to be her boyfriend? Lena, find out what’s happening before you return home.”

At that moment, Selena was quite intent on figuring out the matter and suddenly developed investigational instincts. She was quite keen to find out about the mysterious man hiding behind Ellen.

“Sure, Mom. I got it. I’ll try my best,” Selena agreed. After all, she had nothing much on her hands. The other male colleagues fought over completing her work for her. All she had to do was behave coyly, put on an adorable act, and treat the person to lunch. With all those, everything would be sorted perfectly.

Ellen went to the office canteen for lunch, so when Jared came over to see her, she was no longer at her desk.

After Ellen came back from the canteen, she took a nap lying on her desk. By the time she woke up, it was already two o’clock in the afternoon, so she quickly freshened up. Once she had come to her senses, she went back to the office to be on standby.

At that moment, her landline went off, so she answered the call, “Hi, Ellen speaking.”

“Come over to my office.” It was Jared.

Ellen immediately got up and headed to his office. She was wondering which job he needed her to complete, but unexpectedly, he retrieved a takeaway box and placed it in front of her. “I wanted to bring you out for lunch this afternoon, but you were not at your desk, so I ordered a dessert as a takeaway for you.”

“I-I had lunch at the canteen this afternoon.” Ellen was surprised by his affectionate act, but she shook her head. “President Presgrave, you should keep it for yourself? I’m stuffed.”

“You keep it for your tea break. I bought it specifically for you.” Jared was quite insistent as he grabbed her hand and placed the bag into her hand.

Ellen bit her lip and thought, This boss is too kind to the point that I’m slightly embarrassed.

“You can go back to the office now,” Jared said to her before getting up to walk over to his desk and starting on work.

Ellen didn’t want to be disruptive, so she took the takeaway box and returned to her office. She opened the box in her office and saw a dainty dessert inside. The dessert was made from fresh ingredients, and it was quite fragrant and tasty.

It definitely looks pricey.

Suddenly, Ellen felt tears well up in her eyes. Other than her grandma and brother, this man was the only person who treated her well.

She no longer had many memories of her parents because it had been ages since she last saw them. Her brother was the figure who had replaced her parents to take care of and protect her.

If Ellen’s brother were still around, he would have been twenty-six years old. Ellen wiped away her tears and sighed.

It was nearly time to head home from work when Ellen suddenly received a phone call from Selena saying she was waiting outside in her car. Ellen told Selena she needed a little more time because Ellen had to wait till her boss left before she was allowed to leave.

Suddenly, Ellen’s landline went off, so she reached out to answer the phone. “Hi, President Presgrave.”

“You can finish work now,” Jared said to her on the other end of the line.

Ellen quickly asked, “Do you need me to do anything else for you?” Jared replied, “No, I’ve got some clients to entertain tonight. You can head home first.”

“Sure!” Ellen hung up the phone and finally left the office feeling quite reassured.

She took the elevator, and as it went, it stopped for the other staff who had also finished work. At the thirtieth level, a few female staff entered. They were engrossed in gossiping loudly as they walked in.

“Hey, have you guys heard the news of the female staff at the reception area being transferred to the president’s office level? That receptionist must be quite outstanding.”

“Yes. I’ve heard of that too. President Presgrave was the one who personally arranged for her transfer. She definitely has the means.”

“What is her relationship with President Presgrave? I heard that she’s stunning with a great figure.”

“What else could it be between a man and a woman? It’s something illicit, of course! If I were prettier, I would parade in front of President Presgrave whenever I had the chance. Perhaps then, I might be able to succeed in seducing him.”

“Haha! You should forget about it. You’re a middle-aged lady, so stop having such ridiculous ideas!”

Ellen blushed bright red in embarrassment. If she was not mistaken, she should be the particular female they were gossiping about.

“Gosh, President Presgrave is such an outstanding man. That woman must have saved the planet before to gain his attention. The luckiest woman on earth, so to speak!”

“Yeah, I wonder how it feels to be dating President Presgrave. Tsk. Tsk, He’s so hot. I would swoon if he would even cast a second look at me.

“How does it feel? The kind that you would have a sore waist and find it hard to stand straight the next morning! Hahaha!”

Every female staff inside the elevator burst out laughing. Meanwhile, Ellen, standing in the corner of the elevator, shifted as far back to the corner as possible. She wanted so badly for the ground to swallow her up.

These people have such a wild imagination! It was just a promotion! Why did I suddenly become the woman in an illicit relationship with President Presgrave?

The elevator finally arrived at the ground floor, and Ellen waited for the female staff to leave before fleeing from the elevator. Her face was flushed bright red. She saw Selena’s car parked outside upon walking out of the front entrance, and she immediately headed over and opened the door to take a seat inside.

Meanwhile, Selena studied Ellen intently upon seeing her enter the car. “Is someone hunting you down?”

“I didn’t want to keep you waiting for too long.”

Selena started the ignition and asked casually, “Ellie, do you have a boyfriend?”

Ellen shook her head frantically. “No! I don’t have a boyfriend.”

Selena was engrossed in her thoughts, Mom mentioned that when Harvey called Ellen this morning, a man claiming to be her boyfriend answered the phone, so who’s lying? Selena was quite intent on uncovering all of Ellen’s deepest secrets.

“Say, do you want to have spaghetti tonight? Let’s go home and make some,” Ellen mentioned.

Selena didn’t want spaghetti at all. “Spaghetti again? You’ve just been promoted, so treat me to a meal at a restaurant.”

Ellen considered Selena’s words before nodding. “Okay, let’s go.”

They went for dinner at a restaurant, and upon entering, Selena behaved much more naturally compared to Ellen, who clearly wasn’t a frequent visitor. Selena went ahead and ordered three hundred worth of food. When it was time to pay, Selena made an excuse to leave and visited the washroom.

Ellen was very sporting, and she footed the bill without complaints. She recalled her and her brother being taken into Selena’s home when they were kids. It was a kind deed that Ellen knew to repay.

On the other hand, Selena was pleased with the meal. When they arrived back at Ellen’s house, Selena’s bad habits were revealed. Selena was very lazy and didn’t even bother to wash her clothes. After taking something from the shelf, she just left it lying around. Meanwhile, Ellen diligently tidied the living room after Selena went back into her room.

Shortly after that, Selena came over to chat with Ellen. As they chatted, Selena purposely mentioned that she would like to have some warm milk and requested Ellen to make it for her.

“Ellie, I have a habit of having warm milk before I go to bed. Please could you get it for me?” Selena pouted and asked coyly. Next, Selena saw Ellen put down her phone and Selena immediately covered the phone with a pillow. Subsequently, Selena swiftly tapped on the phone to prevent the phone from going into lock mode.

Ellen nodded. “Sure, give me a few minutes.”

Ellen walked out, and Selena instantly took the former’s cell phone to check on it. Yes! It’s not locked. Selena quickly checked the call history and saw a call log with the name “President Presgrave.”

Suddenly, she felt a rush of exhilaration and quickly grabbed her cell phone to snap his phone number. At that moment, she also discovered that he had given Ellen a call on a weekend morning. Selena quickly tapped into their text messages. As she read their chat history, an intense look of jealousy flashed across her face.

Jared and Ellen chatted with each other like friends. Subsequently, Selena checked to see if there were any other men Ellen was in close contact with, but Selena couldn’t find any.

Is her social circle actually that tiny?! Selena found this quite hard to believe. Who’s the man that answered her phone this morning?

At that moment, Selena was just about to put down the phone when there was a notification of a text message. Selena reached out to tap into the message. Immediately, she was stunned in place. President Presgrave?!

‘What are you doing? Are you about to go to bed?’ This was an intimate question, and it was currently ten at night as President Presgrave initiated the chat.

Selena somehow replied to the message subconsciously, ‘Not yet. How about you?’

‘I’ve just ended work and arrived home not long ago. I’m about to take a shower.’

President Presgrave, you must have a

you like to check it

expect Jared to be such a flirty person in private. She considered

boldly replied, ‘Yes, I would

and revealed his enchanting six-pack abs. He was definitely the most

Presgrave and Ellen are that close to each other?! Does that mean if Ellen offers to

He

there more?’ Selena posed as

the phone felt like a piece

This is insane! Selena realized that Ellen would come back inside if she heard her cell phone go off, so she had no choice but to answer the call. A chuckle in a low voice came from the other end of the line. “Darling, what else do you want

his voice. He was usually such a solemn man

to hang up the phone before quickly sending a message as a reply. ‘My cousin’s here with me,

that, she swiftly deleted every

replied, ‘Okay.

sure that Jared stopped sending any messages, Selena finally heaved a sigh

milk. Selena hurriedly flung Ellen’s phone aside and pretended

of milk

time, so she took the pillow aside and found her cell phone tucked underneath. She took it and glanced at the time. 11.00PM. I have work tomorrow. Let’s stop the game. She decided to shut her eyes and go to

stop admiring the photo Jared had sent. She became increasingly jealous as she continued to look at the photo. That

did, but actually, she felt

Ellen had a good night’s sleep, and the following morning, Ellen knocked on Selena’s room to wake Selena up. Finding it tough to get out of bed, Selena told Ellen she wanted to take the day off to catch up on some sleep and told Ellen to go ahead to work

no choice but to leave for work

looked at the caller ID and was shocked because

Have you

“Where are you?”

“I’m about to arrive.”

at the entrance, and I’ll bring you

upon saying that and didn’t give her a chance to say no. Meanwhile, Ellen felt slightly awkward. Is my job here just to keep

in the corner because she was worried about being the topic of speculation. The gossip she had heard in

quickly yanked the door open to take

look at her with his deep eyes, and Ellen could feel him staring at her,

girl was actually bold enough to titillate me last night, but now, she’s putting on an innocent front. Is she aware that I was kept awake until two in the morning last night because of that? He couldn’t tell why she would want to check out his abs

took the opportunity to look at the lady next to him as he looked in the rearview mirror. She had a dainty face that was quite innocent-looking,

good night’s sleep last night?”

“Yes.

her to give

that, she blushed bright red and stared aghast at her big boss. What’s wrong with President Presgrave today? Why did he

only choose

Jared turned his

once again, and she replied brazenly, “Every girl would

with President Presgrave? Ellen was

last night, and she wanted to see more. What else does she actually want from me? There is only my

like me?” Jared

someone? Why

so how could I possibly dislike you?” Ellen replied with

Would you still like me?” Jared asked. Ellen’s reply was not to

once again. “Yes,

kept having a feeling that she wasn’t sincere and sounded perfunctory. Shouldn’t she be specific and list out what she likes about me? She wasn’t ambiguous like this when she teased me last

joint, and Ellen finally got out of the car with slightly wobbly knees as soon as he parked the car.

the same time, she couldn’t stop studying his body from top to bottom. His figure is

hands after they had taken a seat and ordered their meal. Inadvertently, her eyes met his as he stared at her from across the table. Her heart raced in response. The look in President Presgrave’s eyes is strange. Why does he keep staring at me? Is there some dirt

Presgrave, did I do something

night and restarted the conversation, “Other than my body, what else would

him red-faced. Since when did I say that I wanted to check out his body? Other than his body, what else could I check out?

tomato, Ellen considered the situation for quite some time but couldn’t seem to come up with a suitable reply

too unusual, and it felt like he was trying to

hearing her question, he choked on the water and sputtered. He coughed softly for a moment before lifting his head to stare at her with glittering eyes. What sort of question is that?! I don’t even have a

sleeping last night because of you. Don’t you think you should

more so perplexed. I caused him to have

cause you to lose sleep? What did I do to you last night?” Ellen blinked

his phone and retrieve last

reach out for his cell phone to take a look. Her pretty eyes widened, and her mouth was agape when she saw their chat history last night. When did I talk about this with him last night? I-I actually requested that he take a

She couldn’t help

do something like that?! She conveniently took my phone and chatted about such an intimate topic with President Presgrave! How am I supposed to end this? Ellen always behaved respectably, but looking at last

were sent by Selena? It would make the

I was a little wasted. President Presgrave, please don’t be mad at me. That were just some random things I said. Please don’t take them to heart.” Ellen could only conjure

“Why did you drink alcohol so late

glass,” Ellen said with a bright-red face before looking at him awkwardly. “I’m not secretly interested in

explanation, his expression turned darker than before. She is not

and don’t send such titillating stuff to anyone else randomly!”

response. She promised

After all that, she isn’t interested in me at all? It was just her rambling in a

phone to chat with Jared and then deleting

stay with her, but that didn’t

I have offended you. Please forgive me,” Ellen apologized because she found that her actions were

alright.” Jared lifted his brows and glanced at her.

breakfast, Jared returned to the company with her

no avail, Selena went downstairs to grab a bite. She

in front

do you live here?” Selena asked in

glanced at her and said, “Yes, I

the elevator awkwardly. Subsequently, Jeffrey asked, “Do you live here

here.” Selena was slightly

does your cousin hold

works at the level of the president’s

That makes sense

and two people entered the elevator.

to discover that everyone knew each other. Furthermore, she faintly remembered that one of them was the

live here? This is such a coincidence,” Selena

management-level staff, so that’s why we all live here!” the

and quickly asked, “Are the houses here

properties has ever been rented out to the public. Those who are eligible to stay here hold at least a managerial position in the company. Which department do you work in?” The

point, Ellen was mortified. She had no other

cousin lives here,” Jeffrey quickly explained, just in case they misunderstood that something

your cousin

works at

to get a

for free by the company! How on earth did Ellen get this perk?

words and reached out for her phone to give

upon seeing the call from Selena, she answered it

right now isn’t a rental property at all! It’s a luxury apartment provided

expect Selena to have found out, but Ellen

lie

Are you still in

“Yes, of course!”

move out

did you just

messages to President Presgrave. Don’t assume I’m unaware of things!” Ellen furiously exposed

out, so she ended up saying, “It wasn’t intentional. Your phone was by my side, so I randomly replied to a few

created a huge misunderstanding for me and President

was secretly delighted. Did President Presgrave get mad at her and told

you get told

He misunderstood and wondered whether I was interested in

that I was the one who sent those messages!” In fact, Selena hoped that Ellen would do that. As such, Selena’s presence would

but to admit that I was the one who sent those messages. Next time, please don’t touch my cell phone without permission!” Ellen hung

Selena had thought that last night’s text message exchange was great, but right now, she was quite unhappy. At this point,

man on her own initiative at all. Besides, Ellen wouldn’t know how to. Since

deeply regretful of her actions. She had unintentionally broken the barrier between Ellen and Jared and

the

held his cup of Joe. It wasn’t sweetened coffee, but it tasted sweet to him. It looks like she must be cute when she’s drunk!

he thought about asking her whether she liked him earlier that morning, he found

thought. If she admitted that she was the one who sent those chat messages, wouldn’t that mean that

want to stay by his

handed him an invitation card and asked, “President Presgrave, there is a charity event this Friday. Do you need

his hand. “There’s

taken aback because Jared was never a big fan

The answer she received was that Ellen lived in an accommodation that the senior management had

was Jared who arranged

a girlfriend, Selena wondered why he had

“Is President Presgrave taken?”

of this,” one of the female

so sure?” Selena

asked her about this two days ago. Forget about women coming in and out of President Presgrave’s office. He doesn’t have anyone throwing themselves at his feet

if she never visits the

he’ll be cooped up in his office