Never Too Far Novel

Selena swore to get rid of the woman. She wouldn’t let anyone ruin her family or steal her father’s and her family’s fortune.

“Mom, get some rest,” she urged her mother.

“I haven’t been this happy for ages.” Olivia was elated today as she felt the flame between her and her husband had been reignited.

“Mom, do you think Dad is a good husband? Besides, do you think Dad will cheat on you, considering our family’s wealth?”

“He won’t dare. I’ll break his legs if he ever thinks about it.” Olivia’s immediate reply was offhand. Even though she wasn’t the most capable woman, she was capable of throwing a fit and flying into a rage.

The words made Selena’s stomach churn. She originally planned to be as tactful as possible to reveal her discovery to her mother. However, her mother tended to act tough in all kinds of situations. Her mother probably couldn’t take it if she told her the truth.

“Your father might not be good at anything, but I have had him wrapped around my finger since our first day as a married couple. Even if he thought about cheating on me, he wouldn’t do that for real,” Olivia answered proudly.

Selena’s pained look was a stark contrast to her mother’s confidence. Little did Olivia know her husband not only cheated on her but even had an illegitimate son with another woman.

“Enough. I’ll let you get some rest. I’ll check on your father since he drank too much tonight.” After that, Olivia left the room.

Selena bit her lip in resentment. Her blood was boiling when she thought of her father’s mistress. She planned to get rid of the woman and make the woman vanish on her own without disturbing her mother.

Besides, she would have to warn her father to cut ties with his mistress and b*stard child.

The next morning was another workday for Selena and she went to work by car. She had barely sat down when the assistant came over to deliver a message.

“Selena, the manager wants to see you.”

Pushing her chair back in surprise, she headed to the manager’s office, wondering whether he was about to give her a pay raise or something.

“Selena, your one-month probation is over. We decided not to hire you since you didn’t meet the requirements.” The manager was frank.

Blood drained from Selena’s face as she rose to her feet in shock and argued, “Impossible! I haven’t made any mistakes at work. Why did I get fired?”

“Your male colleagues have been helping you in completing your job. Besides, your professional skills simply aren’t meeting our requirements. Go pack your things. You may leave at any time,” the manager explained calmly.

Selena left the manager’s office in frustration, not happy with the outcome. The more she thought about it, the more she thought Ellen had something to do with her dismissal.

At last, she was convinced that Ellen was responsible for this matter. Ellen must have bad-mouthed her to Jared, or Ellen simply asked Jared to fire her.

Rushing out of the office, Selena stepped into the elevator and headed to another floor, where the main office was situated.

She had questions for Ellen, and she demanded answers.

Ellen arrived at her office in the early morning. When she immersed herself in a book, someone threw open the door from outside without warning.

She looked in that direction to find Selena storming in and growling at her, “Ellen, do you have anything to do with my dismissal?”

Putting her hands on the table to help herself to her feet, Ellen returned the other woman’s hateful glare with fury in her eyes. “I don’t. On the other hand, I’d like to know what is in it for you to drive a wedge between me and Lambert?”

Selena sneered. “Oh yeah? Nice try, but I’m not buying it. You must have asked President Presgrave to fire me. After my father pulled a few strings to get you into the company, I can’t believe you dared to make me lose my job!”

“As I said before, I have nothing to do with it. You’re barking up the wrong tree.” A scowl appeared between Ellen’s brows.

“It must be nice to have people backing you up because you have the face to condescend to me like that. Ellen, the Presgrave Family owes my father a huge favor. If I make my father appeal to them, I can stay in the company as I please.” Selena couldn’t help but show off the history between the Presgrave Family and her father.

“How did your father help them?” Her words piqued Ellen’s curiosity.

Her question put Selena to pause as the other woman didn’t expect to slip up. Selena dismissed her question by changing the topic, “No matter what, it’s too early to celebrate victory. Even though I lost the job, I have a bright future.”

After that, Selena turned on her heel and left the office.

After Selena stormed in and threw a fit at Ellen, the latter felt horrible and lost the mood to read. She covered her face with her hands as she rested her elbows on the table, hoping to escape from reality.

At that moment, a lean figure showed up outside the office. Noticing Ellen looked down, the man walked into her office without asking for permission.

She immediately raised her head when she heard footsteps echoing in the room. Standing in front of her was her boyfriend, who was also the company’s president, watching her with concern.

“You look upset. What’s wrong?” he asked.

She had a question for him, and she didn’t hesitate to seek his answer. “Did you ask them to fire Selena?”

Jared saw no point in denying the truth, so he nodded. “That’s right. She gets on my nerves.”

She pressed her lips into a faint smile. So, it’s really him.

It was a good thing, though. She didn’t have to see Selena anymore since the woman got fired.

“Do you know my uncle?”

“I don’t.” Jared’s stomach churned at her question, but he shook his head.

“But Selena told me that my uncle is close with your family.” Ellen pressed for answers.

He watched her calmly. “Can we talk about this another time?”

Ellen blinked in bafflement. Is there something he can’t tell me? Even though she had many questions, she nodded and let it go for the moment.

“Are you free tonight? I want to show you a place.” He changed the topic.

“Sure! Where are we going?” Ellen was eager to know.

“It’s a secret. You’ll see.” Jared cast her an inscrutable smile, refusing to reveal anything. After that, he began to admire Ellen, who was wearing a gray business suit. He almost lost himself in her captivating look.

To him, the girl could easily seduce him even if she was in her business attire.

Meeting his unfathomable expression, she could feel her cheeks burning. “Is something wrong?”

“Nothing. I’m just admiring you.” Giving her another smile, Jared decided not to bother her and left the office.

The moment he left, Ellen’s phone rang. She picked up her phone and saw the caller ID. Taking a deep breath, she mustered all the courage to answer it since it was Olivia calling her.

“Hello? Aunt Olivia?”

“Don’t ‘Aunt Olivia’ me! Look at what you did! What did Selena ever do to you? How could you manipulate your boss into dismissing her? She’s your cousin!” An angry Olivia scolded her from the other end of the line.

Before Ellen could explain, Olivia continued, “You brat! Take a look at yourself before pointing fingers at others. Is it because Selena has always been better than you since young? You must be blinded by jealousy to do that to her. What a wicked woman you are at this age! It seems like I need to teach you a lesson soon.”

“Aunt Olivia, my issues are none of your business and I don’t need your lessons or advice. Why don’t you save them for your daughter? I’m sure she needs that.” At that, Ellen hung up the call before she could hear a reply.

Soon, another call from Olivia came in, but Ellen didn’t want to pick up her phone. After all, she did nothing wrong, so she didn’t deserve Olivia’s accusation.

Meanwhile, Olivia was pacing back and forth around the house in frustration. How dare she talk that way to me and even have the audacity to hang up on me!

However, she was most upset by the fact that Ellen dared to be the cause of Selena’s unemployment. Working at the Presgrave Group was something worth bragging about, but Ellen just had to fire Selena.

It seems like having the so-called Young Master Jared back her up made her forget about her roots. If she’s trying to kick us away, she can try.

Olivia searched for Connor’s number in her phone and dialed it. At the same moment in a hospital, Connor was getting scolded by his mistress because he didn’t answer the phone last night, causing her to have to borrow money from others to pay her son’s hospital bill.

Fortunately, her son wasn’t harmed, and she only worried for nothing.

“I have to take a call,” Connor informed the woman beside him.

“It’s Olivia, isn’t it? Why can’t you just tell her about our affair? What is so wrong about letting her know you have a son?” Connor’s mistress felt bad the whole time. After all, both she and Olivia were Connor’s women, but Olivia had the privilege to live in a manor while she had to compromise with a rental house.

All these years, Connor had been keeping a balance between his two families with extra caution. However, deep down in his heart, he feared facing Olivia’s wrath.

“We’ll talk about this later.” Connor gave the woman a few perfunctory words before heading up to answer Olivia’s call.

“Hello? What’s wrong, Oli?”

“Everything is wrong! Do you know the ungrateful Ellen just ruined Lena’s career? She asked Young Master Jared to fire Lena, so our daughter is unemployed at the moment.”

“What?”

“Also, our dear niece just hung up on me just now. Ellen clearly has no respect for me. I shouldn’t have expected much from an orphan girl!” Olivia never held back when she was talking to her husband.

“Hey, watch your mouth, will you? My sister died early. She has nothing to do with it!” Connor protested.

“Why are you defending her? I’m pointing out the truth. Even more, I’ll ruin her career. I don’t understand what’s good in getting her a job in Presgrave Group.” Olivia blamed everything on him.

It’s all my fault.” Connor swallowed

heading to the Presgrave Group right now. She needs to

between the young ones. They can settle it between themselves. We shouldn’t meddle. Besides, Lena can always

get away with it that easily. I’m making a banner

the call without waiting for his

to the sick room. His son had already woken up and was now seeking his company. Even though Connor planned to leave a moment ago, he changed his

wanted. For now, his son was his priority. After all, the boy was the heir of

and I are fed up with living like your unspeakable secret, Connor. When will you divorce Olivia so we

coax her. “There’s no need to rush. The time isn’t right yet. It’s best I

thing. He’s now six years old!

it to her. “There is one hundred and fifty thousand in this account. Use it to treat yourself and Nath to something better. I’ll bank

kept her mouth shut at the promise of money. Taking the card from him, she put it in her purse and let him off the hook. However, her goal was more than this money. She was well

an advertising agency downstairs and commissioned them to make a

Reiss, a heartless and inhuman employee of the

photo to be added to the banner. “Here’s her picture. Make it

banner was finished before 2.30PM. After that, she hired a few people who specialized in shady businesses to present the banner in front of the Presgrave Group. The group

proudly as she watched the employees whispering to each other. I’m sure I have ruined

the same thing was spread among different group chats.

was assigned a position in the main office recently. She got a promotion dubiously faster than most people, so people believed

that Ellen was the kind of person the banner made her to

can’t believe it. It’s a surprise to learn that Ellen has the influence to kick her cousin out of the company. I always thought Selena is being difficult, but it seems like I was wrong. Ellen is indeed vengeful.” At the reception desk, the two receptionists, who always held a grudge against Ellen, discussed the matter with

how she treated Ellen, and I even felt bad for Ellen. Who would have known that

her appearance. She looks just like an innocent girl but turned out

Ellen was preparing for the written exam to earn her

she left her office and headed to the washroom. Just as she closed the

Is it true about Ellen? Did she really manage to get President Presgrave to fire her

by asking the men to put the banner outside the

you think she has done anything to make

place. After all, there are other gorgeous women in the company, but none of them ever get a promotion as fast as she did. She’s the only person who gets promoted from a receptionist to the president’s assistant in

possibly done. I’ll

One of the women concluded

now standing in the last

the whole thing. Did they say Selena’s mother is holding a

her at all

the elevator lobby and got on one of them. The doors soon opened again on another level,

around us! How could Ellen treat her family like that just because she made it to the top? And that person is her cousin no less! I also heard that her cousin is an

moves on President Presgrave when she was working as a receptionist. She never did her job, though. Instead, she kept

did President Presgrave even fall for her in the first place? There are many female employees in the company and all of them are prettier and

believing it too. Besides,

all, President Presgrave is still young. A cunning girl like Ellen can easily wrap him around her

don’t even know what the girl

picture. Have a

and she nearly let her phone slip at the sight of a certain person. Immediately covering her mouth, she watched the

woman’s expression was

Reiss. We didn’t mean to talk about you like that.” The female employee apologized to Ellen without hesitation. President Presgrave has her back. I can’t risk getting on her bad side. Who knows what will happen to me if she tells him about

bunch of children who got caught making mistakes. All of them promptly hung their heads low. They were afraid if Ellen recognized them, she would complain to

silent because she was also searching for the right words

the elevator without even making sure they had reached their destination. Soon, Ellen was standing in the elevator, utterly

as she waited in the descending elevator. Another group of people came in on the lower floor, discussing the same thing as the group before. However, nobody noticed her presence

blamed for something she never did. She finally understood that these people saw her as nothing but

so she stepped out of the elevator. The

Ellen! Why is she

she is confronting her

her, shall

meeting minutes in the meeting room. He heard notification sounds coming non-stop from the chatting application as new messages poured into the group chat. He couldn’t help his curiosity as he clicked on

the key point of the discussion, which stated that Ellen’s aunt had

laptop’s screen toward Jared and whispered, “President Presgrave, look at this.

the messages Stanley showed to him with a scowl. Just then, a new message attached with a picture popped out. The photograph showed that Ellen was near the entrance. Someone shouted, ‘Over here, everybody! The female lead has shown up and she’s about to run into her relative. If you’re into

immediately stood and gestured for Stanley. “Stanley, follow

What does she think she is doing? Why can’t Ellen’s relatives

chair back and informed the others, “President Presgrave has to deal

private elevator before shooting a question

Reiss. Therefore, she raised a banner outside the company and is demanding justice for her daughter. I think practically everybody in the company

have anything to do with it?” Jared’s delicate

this matter, but the employees have different opinions on your relationship. They accuse Miss Reiss of pulling a dirty trick on you to gain your favor.”

ridiculous.” Jared scoffed as he never expected to hear such rumors about

he strode inside and hurriedly pushed the

the stairs outside the company. The eye-catching banner was just in sight and the words over

view. Next to Olivia, someone reminded her, “Oli, isn’t

was pointing to and met Ellen’s gaze. The older woman sneered. “Look who finally decided to

deep breath before approaching Olivia. “Aunt Olivia, this is

attire angered Olivia. “Ellen, you’re an ungrateful brat! How dare you do that to Lena when you get to stay in the company? Besides, I gave you a lot

breath. “Aunt Olivia, if there’s anything, we

different in mind. “You know what, Ellen? I’m indeed doing this on purpose, so you don’t have the face to

to know about this, but I’m also going to look for influencers to post this matter and cause a

it any longer. She walked to the woman who was holding the banner and attempted to snatch it from her. However, Olivia saw what Ellen was about to do and she quickly went closer to push her away. “Don’t you dare

I?” There was no hint of fear in Ellen’s gaze as she dashed over to grab the banner and begin pulling

at that point. She grabbed Ellen’s hair

ferocious roar rang out. “Let her

to see whose voice it was and when she saw the person in front of her, she was so terrified that she immediately put her hand down and

back when her

even have to turn her head

take down the banner and chase these

time Olivia met Jared in the flesh after seeing his photos. Only now did she realize Kevin’s heart had been used to save a handsome young

that Jared was protecting Ellen, just like

right? I am Selena’s mother and all I want is justice for my

shrewd woman, Jared said coldly, “I was the one who dismissed your daughter. Ellen has nothing to do with this. Do you want to settle things

say that, so she asked, “What has my daughter done

daughter has a bad moral character and an evil heart. I don’t think she is qualified to work for my company. Is my answer satisfactory for you?”

he was being disrespectful to her, Olivia let out a light cough

“I don’t care who you are.

his life back then, the Presgrave Family had already repaid

too. She didn’t understand why Jared was so protective of her and she often

only had his heart burning with rage over the

right now! Are you all expecting me to take you to the police station?” Stanley yelled as

do anything else, Olivia told Ellen, “You better remember this, Ellen Reiss—I’m not going to let you off the hook easily.” She then left with

at this point. She had no idea what she had done

he said while his hand caressed the back of her head. This scene was streamed live to the company’s group and everyone saw how their president

inform all employees that if I hear anyone mentioning Ellen’s matter, he or she will be fired immediately,” Jared instructed Stanley. Then, he took Ellen’s hand in his and returned

whoever dared to mention this incident or humiliate Ellen because of it

employees with such instructions regarding Ellen’s incident. As a result, everyone who was actively discussing

they quickly posted more posts on other topics in the group, hoping that their initial posts about Ellen would

to his office. She appeared dazed as this incident had been a huge blow to her. Now that the

her head to

he declined

Ellen pursed her red lips and

worry. I’ve got this under control. Nobody in the company will be gossiping about you. Don’t be stressed over it,” Jared comforted her. He

bullied her. Despite being an outsider, Jared was the one who

first person who awoke in him

be absent-minded as she hung her head low as

was not going to accept her resignation. If she stayed with the company, at least he would be able to see her every day and know how she was doing. He wouldn’t know what kind

“Don’t even think

moved Ellen. “Thank you for everything today.

any other family, I can be one. You

blinked her eyes repeatedly at that. Elder brother? I do have an older brother of

an elder brother like you!” Ellen’s mood improved and she

gaze darkened. Truth was, the last thing he wanted

had previously asked her to be his girlfriend, but she did not take his words seriously and remained very respectful

have the day off tomorrow?” Ellen suddenly

you need

some rest,” Ellen answered. She didn’t tell him that tomorrow was her brother’s death anniversary and that she was going to pay

the door and entered. “President Presgrave, the

at his watch and said to the woman sitting on the couch, “Take a rest in my office for the time being. Call

Ellen obediently nodded

she stood up and

Although she accomplished her goal, she was enraged by Jared’s appearance. Without him, she

the men off, her phone rang. It was

“Hello, Lena.”

scold Ellen?”

dismissal.” Olivia did not think that she was in the wrong. To her, she was merely seeking

the office, Mom. Everyone

my intention to smear