Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 1711-1720

Selena was beginning to fear now, for she saw that all the news articles related to Ellen were gone. This meant that Jared had taken action.

Selena didn’t want to get involved, much less bear the responsibility for it.

Ellen’s reputation was considered ruined at this point, so even if the news articles were gone, it was enough to force Ellen out of the chess community. From today onward, Ellen wouldn’t dare participate in official competitions, and her championship would become the joke of the chess community.

Selena was quite satisfied with the outcome, feeling that it was worth sacrificing her body in exchange for such results.

…

In the meeting room, Jared was seated at the front while a group of people sat before him. They were all concerned about one thing, which was to find the culprit behind the scenes who wanted to defame Ellen.

At that moment, they had gathered enough information to paint a complete picture.

“Young Master Jared, these are records of Alden Thomas’ financial situation. This is his call history and duration, as well as the people he met recently at the hotel.”

“Based on the people he’s met in the past few days, we carried out a thorough investigation. These are all people who have contacted him before.”

“According to our speculation, it’s highly possible that Alden wanted to get revenge on Miss Reiss because he couldn’t accept the fact that he lost.”

Jared stared at Alden’s photo with an extremely disgusted look in his cold eyes. Back then, this man had smashed the chess pieces right in front of Ellen during the finals.

“President Presgrave, shall we employ our special methods?”

“For the moment, no. Keep investigating.” Jared shook his head. He had to be a little more careful since Ellen’s reputation was involved. He wanted to clear Ellen’s name and restore her reputation as well.

If he just wanted to exact revenge, he had all the methods in the world to do it.

Just then, Jared’s phone rang. He glanced at it, gentleness instantly filling his eyes as he took his phone over to the French windows. He answered the call and said tenderly, “Hey. Are you going to sleep already?”

“Is the investigation still underway?” On the other end of the line, Ellen asked as her heart ached for Jared. It was already 9.00PM.

“Don’t worry, we’ll find the truth very soon,” Jared comforted her.

“Just forget it if you can’t find anything. I won’t stoop to their level.” Ellen didn’t want him to work too hard either.

“I’ve said before that I won’t let anyone bully you anymore. I’m a man of my word.” Jared would never let those people off the hook.

He would make all of Ellen’s bullies pay the steep price for it. Even if they couldn’t be punished by law, he could still employ his methods.

Just then, Stanley’s phone rang. He reached out and picked up the call. “Hello. Did you get any information from eavesdropping?”

“Send it to me.”

Not long after Stanley listened to a portion of the recording, he spoke to Jared, who was still on the phone. “Young Master Jared, we’ve found something. Listen to this.”

Jared glanced at Stanley, then said gently over the phone, “I’ll go home to you as soon as possible.”

“Okay, don’t overwork yourself,” Ellen said in concern. After hanging up, Jared sat down at the table and listened to the audio recording. Two drunken voices were heard speaking.

“Jay, I helped you this time, so you’d better thank me properly.”

“Of course, I will.”

“That girl is outstanding, though. If I play against her in the future, I’m honestly not sure if I’d be able to win.”

“I’ll make use of this incident to bar her from entering competitions, and you won’t ever see her at any matches in the future.”

“That’s great. I’ll have hopes of getting first place next year.”

“You’ve helped me this time, but you’re also helping yourself too!”

“I wouldn’t have helped you so readily otherwise!”

“Thank you, thank you so much.”

After the playback ended, Stanley continued, “President Presgrave, a subordinate recorded this while sending the two back to the hotel. Looks like Alden was just a pawn, and the real person who wanted to ruin Miss Reiss’ reputation was the judge named Jay Harris. He probably has a grudge against her.”

Jared frowned a little. The recording was proof that Alden was helping Jay destroy Ellen’s reputation, so who was the one behind Jay?

“Keep investigating,” Jared said in a low voice.

Meanwhile, at the entrance of the hotel, the two drunk men staggering into the building had no idea that the driver of the taxi they took wasn’t the real driver at all. The real driver was sitting in the black car tailing them.

In the meeting room, they managed to figure out Jay’s connections and networks within ten minutes. Stanley quickly arranged them, then handed them to Jared.

“Young Master Jared, these are all the people Jay contacted in the past few days at the hotel. Curiously enough, we didn’t find anything between him and Miss Reiss.”

Jared took the photos and scanned through them. He suddenly caught sight of a photo taken at the front desk, where a woman was standing next to Jay. Even though it had been more than a year since he last saw her, Jared recognized the woman right away.

Selena.

She was Connor’s daughter, and Jared had thrown her into jail a year and a half earlier. He didn’t realize that she had been released.

Why would Selena and Jay appear at the front desk of the hotel?

“Investigate this girl’s contact with Jay.” Jared pointed at them.

With a clear direction, they quickly completed the investigation of all the surveillance cameras in the hotel. It was three hours later when they saw a recording of Jay carrying clothes with him as he went into Selena’s room.

Now, the truth was out in the open. The real mastermind behind Ellen’s defamation was Selena, who had just gotten out of prison.

Jared delivered a forceful punch to the table. Connor’s daughter still hadn’t learned her lesson. She was just released from prison not too long ago but was already targeting Ellen again.

Apparently, the year-and-a-half sentence was too short for her.

“Collect all the evidence. I’ll deal with it tomorrow.” Now that Jared had an answer, he was no longer panicking. He would make every single one of them pay.

…

Ellen sat in front of the French windows as she gazed at the neon lights outside, deep in thought.

Just then, she heard some noises coming from the door. She was instantly filled with joy, for he had returned.

She didn’t care about the fights and chaos going on outside; she just didn’t want him to overwork himself for her sake.

“You’re home.” Ellen ran up to Jared and threw her arms around him.

Jared embraced her lovingly. She was so kind, but people kept trying to harm her. He was undoubtedly furious about that.

“We’ve got our answer. The one slandering you behind the scenes is Connor’s daughter, Selena,” Jared explained honestly.

Ellen looked up in shock. “Selena? Is she out of jail already?”

“She was probably released not too long ago. She seduced the head judge, who then contacted Alden Thomas so that he would slander you.”

Anger flashed across Ellen’s eyes. This morning, Ellen had just learned from Jared over breakfast that Selena went to jail. She was shocked, but she hoped Selena would turn over a new leaf. However, reality proved otherwise.

Some people were rotten to the core, and this was something no amount of imprisonment could change.

Selena would rather sleep with a man of her father’s age and think of all sorts of ways to harm and slander Ellen. This was unforgivable.

“Don’t worry. She deserves to be in jail for the rest of her life, and I won’t let her off the hook!” Jared caressed the back of Ellen’s head as he comforted her.

“Okay. This time, I want to see her getting jailed in person.” Ellen decided she would not be soft-hearted anymore, even if it meant cutting off ties with her uncle.

…

Early in the morning, Jay was sleeping soundly inside the hotel when he heard someone knocking on the door. Feeling a little annoyed, he opened the door to see a few uniformed men standing outside.

“Is… something the matter?”

“Jay Harris, please come with us.”

“W-What happened? Did I break the law?”

“We have a warrant for your arrest.”

Before Jay could react, he was handcuffed. He never thought that the police would come knocking on his door, and he couldn’t figure out why no matter how much he racked his brains.

Meanwhile, in another room, Alden was arrested as well.

She dared not tell her parents about the incident until the police came knocking at

pale. Their daughter had been in jail once,

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

home. What happened? Has she done

to come with

opened the door, Selena was still sleeping. Olivia shouted, “Wake up, Lena! What did you do

did I do?” Selena shouted in

police are here,” Olivia said,

instantly panicked as she thought,

anxiously gripped her mother’s hand, saying, “Mom, if anything happens

Did you mess

go to jail again. I was just getting a little revenge on her, and it was supposed

had gotten into trouble again, and with Ellen

“Your daughter is suspected

daughter will never

arresting her according to the

her. She turned around and looked pleadingly at her father. “Dad, please talk to Ellen. Ask

the core as she didn’t want to go back to

he stepped forward and slapped Selena across the face. “Since when have I raised a useless daughter like

let you go to jail again,” Olivia promised through tears

because her daughter did something wrong again. Olivia was regretting it now. How could her daughter be so clumsy? She thought Selena would turn over

all hope on his daughter. He had clearly made the wrong decision by allowing

be a problem if they were poor. Selena could just suffer early in life, then get married and live the rest of her life in security. It would be much better

had been jailed for a

Ellen? If he had to run around looking for people, it would be too taxing for him at his

her tomorrow morning.” Connor couldn’t be bothered about

no choice. She hated Ellen for being so cruel, but it was also her daughter’s fault for being a loser. She had lived most of her life in bliss, but she had to worry about her daughter

they had slandered Ellen,

a joke, so how could

that this wasn’t a

tried to blame it on someone else, wishing they could be completely free of

he saw Selena walking in his direction, he pointed at her and

There was no escaping now,

viral in an instant. In the videos, Alden and Jay behaved with utmost sincerity while apologizing. No matter what identities they

already faced with apologies from the people who started the rumors. The development was so fast that they could

revealed the entire process, the police

deserved every bit of her championship, and she most certainly did not buy her way

the finals. They were amazed at Ellen’s skill in chess, and it was proof that she was a

backing her up, Ellen’s skills were once again acknowledged. After the ruckus online, she was now

she got up, she stumbled across articles about herself. When she saw that her reputation

in the chair was startled by the sudden noise. Without another word, Ellen walked toward him and spread out her slender arms, then wrapped them tightly around his neck.

“Thank you!”

and caressed the back

he kissed her forehead. “I’ve said before that I

raised her beautiful eyes to look at him.

him around, she did not need

a peck on the cheek, then said, “I’m going to answer

“Alright, go ahead.”

and

“Hello, Nicholas.”

your uncle came to us and said he’s looking for

was her uncle looking for her? Did he

your Uncle Connor. Can we meet up? Lena was

wrong, so she should bear the

go back again! Her life

she should pay the price for her own actions. That way, she’ll learn to become a decent person and respect others.”

hung up the phone and sighed gently.

man’s voice rang out gently behind her, comforting Ellen as he said, “You did the right thing. There’s no need for

had walked

from the producer at the TV station, she hesitated for a moment before picking

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

We can proceed with the interview, so I’d like to get your

Wasn’t it canceled?” Ellen

wasn’t canceled, just delayed. Now is the best time to interview you,” Miss Lane said a little excitedly. Ellen’s popularity was

sorry, Miss Lane, but I think we should cancel the interview. I’m feeling a little tired,

rare chance for you to become famous! Are you really going to pass it up?” Miss Lane asked in surprise. After

and being

into any trouble? It’s okay, we can solve it for you.” Miss Lane persisted. Ellen was in

When she put down the phone, a pair of arms wrapped around her from behind, and

don’t you want more fame?”

the attention of others. I just want to stay with you and live the rest of our lives in

outside. Simple, clean social circles and connections were the

they could only sit

contact Ellen again, and they didn’t even manage to get her number. Moreover, the team

are you so useless?!”

but didn’t dare pick it up. Olivia thought it was a call from

to grab his phone. Connor didn’t think she would try to

where are you? Come over and have dinner! Mom and I are

froze in her attempt to grab the phone, while a strong look of panic colored Connor’s face. Connor hastily ended the call, not daring to look at his

asked through gritted teeth, the

the wrong number,” Connor said

have a child with another woman?”

as he roared at her, “I told

you b*stard! You got yourself a son with another woman just because I can’t give

that he couldn’t hide this any longer, Connor sat down

all this while, he wouldn’t have dared to cheat on her. That sum of money made him bold enough

a frenzy, shaking him as she interrogated, “Who

tell Olivia. He

anymore; you’re already devoted to your illegitimate son!” The more Olivia spoke, the

he had done something wrong. He remained silent

her outburst. She was already in her 50s, so she knew that she had to accept the truth even

that

“Nine,” replied Connor.

in this world would cheat, but her husband was the only exception. Little did she know his illegitimate child was nine years

me, who is that b*tch?!” Olivia asked in

tell me, I’ll kill her as soon as I find out

come clean.

and there. Aida was her distant cousin who had divorced more than ten years ago. She never thought that Aida would

retribution is this?!

like that by distant relatives. How dare Aida seduce

give her?”

I gave her five million in total,” Connor said truthfully. He lived frugally at

so furious that her chest throbbed in pain, and she couldn’t catch her breath. She

daughter was still being detained at the police station, and now, she discovered her husband had cheated on her and had an

the past while

what methods you use—just get Lena out of

“I’ll look for

clue. He could only call up Benjamin, who

“Hello, who is it?”

if

I cannot tell you that.” On the other end of the line, Benjamin hung

wasn’t going to help anything. They were now getting retribution for how they had treated Ellen

to ask Ellen for

at the police station, Selena was trembling as she tapped her feet. She was waiting

her father didn’t save her, only

She shouldn’t have tested Ellen’s patience. She wanted to live in the beautiful and vibrant world outside

…

a romantic dinner to lift Ellen’s mood. Because of the slander, Ellen had been a little depressed all this

informing him

glanced at it,

always gone too

took Ellen to a seaside hotel for a

her phone. She opened it to see a short video posted online

he begged earnestly to meet Ellen, evoking a lot of sympathy from netizens. He was trying

‘I am terminally ill, and

In an instant, the entire internet was looking for Ellen, hoping that she would meet her terminally ill uncle as soon

wipe his tears in front of the camera. She hadn’t seen him in a year or so, and he had aged a lot. Ellen

her brother when the latter was ill. Ellen felt that she had no choice but to have mercy. Now that she was living worry-free, she hoped that her family could live their lives in peace and warmth as well. This was

turn completely against her uncle and his family. She believed in karma, so she wanted to protect

was in the dark about her brother’s heart donation back then, if Connor hadn’t agreed to it, Jared

dialed Connor’s number,

end of the line, Connor picked up and

me, Uncle Connor,” Ellen

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