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.

her parent’s house that day. She dared not tell her parents about the incident until the

and Connor were so shocked that their faces turned pale. Their daughter had been in

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

My daughter is home. What happened? Has she done

need her to come

When she opened the door, Selena was still sleeping. Olivia

did I do?” Selena shouted

are here,” Olivia said, her

as she thought,

if anything happens to

Did you mess with her

getting a little revenge on her, and it was

believe her daughter had gotten into trouble again, and with Ellen at

straightforwardly, “Your daughter is suspected of seducing someone and receiving 15,000 in return.

Impossible. My daughter will never do such

and we’re arresting her according to the law. Please

in to arrest her. She turned around and looked pleadingly at her father.

to the core as she didn’t want to

mad that he stepped forward and slapped Selena across the

beg Ellen for mercy. I won’t let you go to jail again,” Olivia promised through tears as she went

now. How could

wrong decision by allowing her to study abroad. Selena never learned anything related to her studies and absorbed all the negative

suffer early in life, then get married and live the rest

if your life is at risk,” Olivia said angrily. Last time, their daughter had been jailed for a year and a half because Connor couldn’t find Ellen. Now, she didn’t want Selena to go back to jail

Ellen? If he had to run around looking for

morning.” Connor couldn’t be bothered about his daughter

Ellen for being so cruel, but it was also her daughter’s fault for being a loser. She

admit that they had slandered Ellen, and they only began

so how could they get

this wasn’t a joke; they

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

leaving the interrogation room at the same time. The moment he saw Selena walking in his direction, he pointed at her and said angrily, “It’s

she knew that the end was inevitable. There was no escaping now, and she even felt like dying at that

online, and they had so many views that they went viral in an instant. In the videos, Alden and Jay behaved with utmost sincerity while apologizing.

about Ellen buying her championship, and before they could even recover themselves, they were already faced with apologies from the people who started the rumors. The development was so fast that they could barely react in

revealed the entire process, the police also announced

realized that Ellen was the true victim. She deserved every bit of her championship, and she most certainly did not buy

thoughts as they analyzed the game Ellen played in the finals. They were amazed at Ellen’s

the professionals backing her up, Ellen’s skills were once again acknowledged. After the ruckus

couch, donning a casual dress. She was too tired last night, so she only woke up at 10.00AM this morning. As soon as she got up, she stumbled across articles about herself. When she saw that her reputation had

Ellen walked toward him and spread out her

“Thank you!”

thanks as he reached up and caressed the back

that, he kissed her forehead. “I’ve said before that I won’t

raised her beautiful eyes to look at him. His

him around, she did not need to fear

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

“Alright, go ahead.”

and answered the call from

“Hello, Nicholas.”

claiming to be your uncle came to us and said he’s looking

was her uncle looking for her? Did he want to beg for mercy

voice rang out anxiously. “Ellie, it’s me, your Uncle Connor. Can we meet up? Lena was foolish and made a mistake. Can

Connor, there’s nothing to talk about. Selena did something wrong, so

again! Her life shouldn’t be ruined

the price for her own actions. That way, she’ll learn to become a decent person and respect others.” Ellen wouldn’t give in this time, regardless of the

gently. In the end, her uncle still pressured

behind her, comforting Ellen as he said, “You did the right thing. There’s no need

looked at the man who had walked toward her. She nodded. “I

call came in. When Ellen saw that it was from the producer at the TV station, she hesitated for

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

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

canceled?”

the best time to interview you,” Miss Lane

we should cancel the interview. I’m feeling a little tired, and

to become famous! Are you really going to pass it up?” Miss Lane asked in surprise. After all, once someone became famous, they would become even more well-known

exhausting and being herself in her quiet corner of the

solve it for you.” Miss Lane persisted. Ellen was

arms wrapped around her from behind, and the man gazed at her in approval. He was surprised that despite her young age, she had resisted the temptation of reputation and popularity.

want more

stay with you

chaos outside. Simple, clean

they could only sit around restlessly since Ellen

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

are you so useless?!” Olivia

it but didn’t dare pick it up. Olivia thought it was a call from Ellen, who decided to have mercy on their daughter. “Why aren’t you picking it up?” she

Seeing that, Olivia reached out to grab his phone. Connor didn’t think she would try

where are you? Come over and have dinner!

immediately 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

it?” Olivia asked through gritted teeth, the fury already raging in

the wrong number,” Connor said

have a child with another woman?” Olivia asked in

roared at her, “I told you they got the wrong number!

as she said, “Connor, you b*stard! You got yourself a son with another woman just because I can’t give you one, didn’t

he couldn’t hide this any longer, Connor

all this while, he wouldn’t have dared

woman?” Olivia dashed over to him in a frenzy, shaking him as she interrogated, “Who is that woman? Tell

to protect his son, so he wouldn’t tell Olivia. He gritted his teeth and

deserve a thousand deaths! No wonder you don’t care about Lena anymore; you’re already devoted to your illegitimate son!” The more Olivia spoke, the more pitiful she felt.

he had done something wrong. He remained silent as he allowed Olivia to

50s, so she

old is that

“Nine,” replied Connor.

world would cheat, but her husband was the only exception. Little did she know his

that woman? Tell me, who is that b*tch?!” Olivia

kill her as soon as I find out

could only come

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

is this?! she

in relationships paled in comparison to getting treated like that by distant relatives. How dare Aida seduce

did you give

Connor said truthfully. He lived frugally at home, but all his money was spent

pain, and she couldn’t catch her breath. She felt that

daughter was still being detained at the police station, and now, she discovered her husband had cheated on her and had an illegitimate child with a homewrecker. Her days were spent in poverty, and she was already 52 years

while living

Lena. I don’t care what methods you use—just get Lena out of there!” Olivia roared. Her daughter

nodded. “I’ll look for

where Ellen had gone, Connor didn’t have a clue. He could only call

“Hello, who is it?”

it’s me, Connor Aguirre. I was wondering if I could get a

other end of the line, Benjamin hung

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

no right to ask

she tapped her feet. She was waiting anxiously and nervously for her father to

her father didn’t save

Ellen’s patience. She wanted to

dinner to lift Ellen’s mood. Because of the slander, Ellen had been a

from Benjamin, informing him that

it,

always gone too

hotel for a vacation so that she

a short video posted online where Connor was talking to the camera, asking to

sympathy from netizens. He was trying to

ill, and I want to

instant, the entire internet was looking for Ellen, hoping that she

front of the camera. She hadn’t seen him in a year or

took care of 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

family. She believed in karma, so she wanted to protect the

the dark about her brother’s heart donation back then, if Connor hadn’t agreed to it, Jared wouldn’t be where he

phone and dialed Connor’s number, which was saved on

On the other end of the line, Connor picked up

me, Uncle Connor,”

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