Never Too Far Novel

He vaguely heard Ellen shouting, “Give me my phone. Stop running!”

Lambert felt his chest tighten at that instant. What if the robber is hostile and hurts her? He immediately found Selena’s number and called back using his friend’s phone.

“Hello? Who is this?” Selena’s voice rang out.

“Lambert here! May I know what hotel your father is holding the birthday banquet in?”

“We’re near Dawn Park. Are you coming over, Mr. Orey?”

He didn’t expect it to be so near to where he was. Because he was also nearby, he guessed that the place where Ellen lost her phone was around here as well.

Although he didn’t know if he could find and help her, he grabbed the car keys and ran out without a second’s hesitation.

Selena hadn’t expected Lambert to call her. However, she couldn’t help feeling disappointed when he hung up after throwing out that question.

Lambert immediately drove his car around Dawn Park, his eyes constantly looking at the street and gate of the park.

His hands-free phone was still on call and he could hear the robber’s footsteps and breaths, as well as Ellen’s voice. He didn’t think she would pursue the robber so persistently.

At the same time, a sweaty Ellen was huffing and puffing at the south exit of Dawn Park. Even though she was running out of breath, she did not give up and always made sure she was at least 50 meters away from the robber.

The robber was a stout man in his early forties. He was running as hard as he could at this moment.

“Stop right there!” Ellen shouted while she chased after him.

“You damn woman!” the robber cursed.

Lambert’s sports car was parked by the side of the road. After he got out of the car with his phone in his hand and dashed into the park, he caught sight of an overweight man running toward him. The man was holding a phone in his hand.

Lambert didn’t care if this was the person Ellen was going after. He stepped forward and grabbed the man before he snatched the phone out of his hand.

“And who the f*ck are you?!” the robber shrieked in surprise as he peered at this scary, tall young man.

Lambert looked at the screen of the phone and even he couldn’t believe how much of a coincidence it was for him to bump into the thief who took Ellen’s phone. He swiftly threw a punch at the robber. Before the man could react, Lambert gave him another kick. “How dare you steal someone else’s phone? I’ll take you to the police station!”

When the thief heard Lambert mention the police station, he turned pale with fright. He knew he couldn’t afford to provoke the young man in front of him. He didn’t think he would have such terrible luck. Not only was he chased after he stole a phone, but he even ended up being punched and kicked.

Suddenly, he brandished a small knife from his pocket and slashed Lambert’s arm with it.

Lambert, who didn’t expect the knife at all, only felt a sharp pain in his arm when the knife scratched him. The robber took the chance to flee.

“Stop!” By the time Ellen caught up to Lambert, her legs almost gave out and she was dizzy from running. She was completely fixated on the robber. However, she lost him when she came running in this direction. Right as she panted with her arms on her waist, she heard a magnetic and pleasant male voice speak.

“Stop chasing. I got your phone back.”

She whipped her head around and took a glance at the sight that left her dumbfounded.

He was holding her phone and handing it to her. Seeing this, she immediately took the phone and made sure that it was indeed hers.

“What… What are you doing here?” she asked, puzzled.

“I asked your cousin where you might be. I guessed that your phone was stolen in a nearby park, so I tried my luck and came to see if I could find you. Surprise, surprise.” He let out a smile while he hid his injured arm behind his back. He admired her courage in chasing the thief.

He couldn’t help but ask, “It’s just a phone. Is it worth you running all the way?”

“Of course! This phone is very, very important to me.” Ellen tightly held her phone, her joy evident in her eyes.

“Don’t tell me it’s from Young Master Jared!” Lambert made a guess. It was no wonder the thief snatched her phone as it was the latest model.

“Yeah.” Ellen’s pretty face turned pink as she nodded. “It’s from him.”

“Well, where are you heading to? My car is close by. Let me drop you off,” Lambert offered.

Ellen quickly shook her head. “Thank you, but I can just grab a cab, Mr. Orey.”

“I got your phone back for you, didn’t I? Are you not going to buy me a cup of coffee?” he couldn’t help but ask with a smile.

However, at this moment, she suddenly noticed the blood dripping on the ground behind him. Shocked, she hurried around him, only to find that his arm was hurt.

“You’re bleeding!” She froze at that.

“Ah, the robber had a knife. It grazed me when I was distracted. I’m alright. It’s just a small injury.” No longer hiding his wound after he said that, Lambert let the blood freely drip.

“This is not a small injury! You have to go to the hospital and get bandaged!” Ellen quickly persuaded him.

Lambert was caught by surprise and he asked expectantly, “Will you go with me?”

She looked at his wound, took out a tissue from her bag, and handed it to him. “Here. Try to stop the bleeding first.”

She folded the tissue and pressed it on his wound. “Forget it!” Ellen huffed. “I don’t think you can drive. I’ll get a cab and take you to the hospital.”

He only felt his heart skip a beat as he looked at her. He wouldn’t stop the woman he fell for at first sight from being near to him.

Even though Lambert knew that she had feelings for Jared, he couldn’t help wanting to get close to her.

“Alright! Let’s go!” He let her send him to the hospital.

She left the park and got a cab to send them to a nearby hospital. After they sat in the back seat, the driver drove as quickly as he could to the hospital. Out of nowhere, he suddenly made a sharp turn. Lambert couldn’t help but fall to Ellen’s side, his tall and big figure falling against her shoulders. Even though their clothes separated them, Lambert still felt his heart beating wildly.

Breathing in, he caught the scent of the mild fragrance drifting off of her body. It wasn’t some expensive perfume, but it was enough to get his heart racing.

Ellen was so focused on getting him to the hospital that she didn’t care when he pressed against her. Instead, she told the driver in front, “Sir, safety first!”

On the other hand, Lambert didn’t care about the speed of the car at all. He was now looking at Ellen’s face from up close. Despite being dressed in ordinary clothes, she couldn’t hide her natural beauty.

Distracted from staring at her, he didn’t hold on tight when the driver suddenly stepped on the break, causing Lambert’s head to hit the back of the front seat with a bang.

“Ouch…” He covered his forehead and resigned to his fate.

They got out of the car when they finally arrived at the hospital. Lambert was especially eye-catching because of the tracksuit he had on.

Ellen paid the money for him. After confirming that Lambert needed two stitches for this wound, Ellen sat down and waited for him at the nurses’ station. At this moment, a nurse suddenly enviously exclaimed to her, “Wow! Miss, your boyfriend is so hot!”

Ellen was left stunned upon hearing that. However, the man who was being patched up inside let out an amused smile at those words.

After the stitches were finished, he stepped out with a layer of gauze wrapped around his arm. Still, that did not affect his overall outlook.

The two proceeded to leave the hospital. At the entrance, a paparazzo suddenly spotted and recognized Lambert. After all, the man was the son of a wealthy family and he was active on social media.

Seeing that he was accompanied by a beautiful woman, the paparazzo immediately raised his phone to take a picture. No matter what, this was a piece of news that could stir the Internet up.

Neither Lambert nor Ellen noticed that someone was stealing shots of them from the time Ellen hailed a cab to them getting into the vehicle.

The car drove back in the direction of the park. “Hop off,” he said to her. “I’ll take you home.”

“It’s alright, Mr. Orey. You should go back and rest. Thank you for today. Goodbye.” After she finished speaking, she continued to ride back home in the cab.

Lambert sighed. The two hours he spent with Ellen didn’t feel enough. He could finally understand why Jared kept such a close eye on her; she was someone whom people easily targeted.

Make sure you keep your eye on her, Jared. The day you cast her aside is the day I will take her away from you, Lambert thought to himself as he walked to his sports car.

At the same time, he was glad that he came. He couldn’t begin to imagine Ellen being the one who was hurt if she and the robber got into a scuffle.

On the other end, Ellen was sitting in the car when she checked her phone. To her relief, it wasn’t damaged. She started fuming when she thought about what Selena had done. What on earth does she want?

Some paparazzo had sold all the materials they captured today to a media company, and that company produced news and posted them on the company’s homepage at lightning speed.

One of the headlines was, ‘The Prince of a Shipping Company’, which made it to the top of the list.

The first thing that showed up as soon as someone clicked on the article was a series of clear photos of Ellen and Lambert. Since the paparazzo took them up close, the photos were not blurry at all. Ellen, especially, had a high-definition photo taken from the front.

Even a frontal shot taken with the high-definition phone camera made her appear stunningly fresh. They looked like a young couple from the way she was all smiles when Lambert looked at her.

As soon as this news popped up online, the women who liked to pay attention to wealthy families were the first to find out. Selena was zoned out while she drove home. She wasn’t interested in staying when she knew that the elders would be playing cards next.

Her phone began to ring then. She took a glance at it before picking it up. “Hey, Lulu.”

“My goodness, Lena! Your cousin’s pretty capable, isn’t she? She has just seduced Young Master Jared and now, she even got Lambert wrapped around her finger as well! What is she, a sexy guy harvester?”

say?” Selena immediately pulled over to the side

you seen it?! There’s a scandal between Lambert and Ellen! A paparazzo

quickly.” Selena was shocked. She didn’t expect that Lambert and Ellen would get in touch with each other so soon with just a random phone call, and there was even

to check what Lulu was talking about. Before she got to read the article, she already saw a

jealous and annoyed. She

she betraying Young Master Jared? I’m sure he would

by the Big Man above. Ellen might let go of the big fish

let her thoughts run, she scrolled through her phone to look for Jared’s private number which

Jared wouldn’t find her a busybody, she found the number and

of time before Ellen is taught a lesson and abandoned! Selena looked forward to how Ellen would end

of that, she was still completely unaware of the scandal between herself and Lambert at the

gym picked up his phone and glanced at it habitually, only

filter out spam messages. In other words, the incoming messages he got were usually sent by people who knew his private number. He then clicked on this message and a sentence appeared. ‘Young Master Jared, there’s a scandal about

his eyebrows together into a deep frown. Despite not knowing who sent the message, he still couldn’t help clicking on the link. Soon, photos of Ellen and Lambert filled up the screen of his phone. His eyes quickly

took a look at the title above and then gazed at the photos before he read the article. From there, he learned that Lambert had appeared at the hospital with his girlfriend, and the media also wrote about

chest rose and fell erratically after he went through the article. This made his

with Lambert? What were they doing at

irked him to see Ellen and Lambert looking at each other smilingly in one of the photos. He got jealous every time she smiled at a man who

a call without any hesitation. He was someone who didn’t like to drag matters out. If he had any

when she heard her phone’s ringtone go off. She swiftly took a

she wondered. Why is he

Out of habit, she called him

told me this morning that you don’t have time in the afternoon. Were you with someone?” The man was in full-on interrogation

for a second, but she soon replied truthfully, “I went to my uncle’s birthday banquet in the afternoon. I came home

only went to the birthday banquet? You weren’t

Ellen didn’t take her being with Lambert too seriously, so

Jared’s voice sank as he growled, “I don’t like being lied

blinked. She didn’t understand why he suddenly grew serious. “I… I’m not lying. I only went to my

with Lambert? You even went to the hospital together? Why didn’t you get me to go with you if you weren’t feeling well?” He finally

was only then that a lightbulb went off for Ellen. She was equally taken aback as well. “H-How did you know that

as

go to the hospital together, but that was only because he was injured when he helped me. I accompanied him

something happen to you?” Jared asked with a

The call went on for not even a minute when a robber took my phone. I chased the thief all the way to an

the main point. “Why does he have your number? When did you give it to

it to him without my permission,” she blurted out an explanation. “My cousin is the reason all of this happened. She has Lambert’s number and she made him

how could he have coincidentally appeared on the very road you were chasing after

And yes, it really was a coincidence that he bumped into

after hearing all that. He was skeptical to believe that

he demanded. He would never have peace of mind if he was not

“Huh?” the woman choked.

to reject me and be with Lambert?” Sure enough, Jared was consumed by his

what I

it so hard to say

She blinked. I haven’t

the other end of the call slumped against his couch.

think at all due to his words. She couldn’t think about

“Seven, six, five—”

alright!” She cut him off. “I’ll be your girlfriend, so please stop

are agreeing because I’m forcing you, huh? You’re not agreeing willingly!” The man suddenly sounded grumpy

her tone. “No… I’m saying

Lambert’s number,” a certain man demanded.

it.” She was as docile

but me from now on.” Jared teased her even more when he saw

in. She thought that domineering dialogues like this only existed in novels, but there was a real man

she knew that it was indeed because of what happened between her and Lambert today that made Jared

dinner

“Tonight?” she absentmindedly repeated.

not allowed to say no.” The man was too jealous for

refuse because she didn’t

was, Jared couldn’t bear

her feelings on the phone, but he soon

“Mhm. I’m hanging up.”

made a call to his

rid of all the gossip about Ellen and

“Yes, sir.”

and started to check the scandal online. However, the page returned to the homepage when she clicked on the

going on?” She stubbornly continued to type in Lambert’s name on the search entry, but only some news on his participation in some activities

her friend and asked if she could find

happened to have contact with the media, so

really wanted to know. She was worried that Jared hadn’t seen it yet. This could be the best evidence that could

her back

that the news was taken down. Someone also

“What? Who was it?”

media company will

Did Jared take care of it? Lambert couldn’t have been the one who did it, and it’s not like Ellen is capable of doing something like this.

Lambert’s magnetic voice

and Ellen this afternoon, but

wasn’t me.” Lambert actually saw it earlier, but it had

could it be, then?!” Selena

“It’s Mr. Presgrave, obviously!”

wasn’t jealous of you, was

don’t use me to hurt Ellen, or I won’t

turned red in an instant. Even though she was home alone, she felt that she had

had also picked up his protectiveness for Ellen

Ellen have that I don’t?

took the news down and warned the media. The

still like him if you knew that Jared took away your brother’s heart? Will

to the day Ellen found out about it. But at the moment, she couldn’t

and when the day comes, she

what prompted Jared to force Ellen into being

the end, Selena had been of help in Ellen and Jared’s

a phone ringing right then, but she saw that

direction of the sound. When she found a ringing phone in her father’s pocket, she took it and

was in a car accident! Come here,

to the floor with a dull thud. Her eyes widened in disbelief. Who is the

Who is ‘Nath’?

‘Dad’ that ‘Nath’

answered the call. She was no fool. A thought soon came to mind—the woman on the phone was her father’s

a mistress and another son?” Selena was overwhelmed by what she had just found

pregnancy, Selena was the only daughter Connor had. She never would have expected her father to have an illegitimate child. In other words, the

mother would be when she found out about this. She doubted this house would

her bottom lip, she looked at the phone and

are at the hospital. I have no money with me. Can you send me

you if you ask for my father’s money again. Take your b*stard son and

you!” Not only did the mistress not panic, but she also seemed to know who

was caught off-guard upon hearing that. “Why do you know my name?” she

know your name. I met you when I first

you? How dare you, you homewrecker?!” Selena was so enraged she

son. He has to take care of our boy.” The woman on the other end of

father’s only child. My father isn’t even the father of your son. Try taking what’s mine and I’ll

having a child outside of their home. She was deeply hurt when she felt that she was

being her parents’ treasure whom they pampered and loved, but now she realized how ridiculous her

the feeling that the money her father had no longer

…

for her date with Jared tonight. She picked an off-white dress and put on simple make-up. She was born with a face that looked good both

framing her petite face, she gave off

call from Jared saying

nowhere, a middle-aged woman stepped out of a car with her assistant and handed a business card to Ellen, who was waiting for her ride. “Miss, I am

like this. As such, she couldn’t help but smile and wave her hands in

a celebrity will suit you well. Moreover, you have a distinguishable appearance. As long as you agree to it, we can immediately package you and make you a dazzling star.” The woman really wanted Ellen to sign with her and she refused to leave. She thought that Ellen might be short on money, judging

low roar unique to sports cars at this moment. She couldn’t help but turn around, only to see an expensive sports car elegantly driving

The manager quickly leaned over, and she saw the noble and charming man exuding the

the artists she handled, the manager didn’t have the resources Ellen

they?” Jared asked out of

I have met many people from this industry before.” Ellen

in the future.” Jared was angry for some reason. These people often claimed that they were scouts when all they did was

she murmured with a

woman beside him.

more pretty clothes for her after they had their dinner.

are we going?”

on the top floor of a hotel.” Jared went out of his way and chose a romantic place. He wanted to book the place out at first but knowing how she disliked it when it was too quiet, he requested a private

on the Internet that there was an upscale steakhouse there and

upscale steakhouse was on the

room where there were flowers and candlelight, and there was a faint fragrance in the air. The most beautiful thing about this view was the night

in contentment.