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.

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

Connor were so shocked that their faces turned pale. Their daughter had been in jail once, so

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

What happened? Has she done

to

opened the door, Selena was still sleeping. Olivia shouted, “Wake

I do?” Selena shouted in

Olivia said, her

instantly panicked as she thought,

her mother’s hand, saying, “Mom, if anything happens to me, ask Dad

Did you mess with her

to jail again. I was just getting a little revenge

her daughter had gotten into

said straightforwardly, “Your daughter is suspected of seducing someone and receiving 15,000 in return. She’s also suspected of threatening

Impossible. My daughter will never do such a

have obtained sufficient evidence, and we’re arresting her according to

her room when the police came in to arrest her. She turned around and looked pleadingly at her father. “Dad, please talk to Ellen. Ask her to forgive me and

it to the core as she didn’t want to

that he stepped forward and slapped Selena across the face. “Since when have

we’ll definitely beg Ellen for mercy. I won’t let you go to jail again,” Olivia promised through tears as she went down the stairs after

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

on his daughter. He had clearly made the wrong decision by allowing her to study abroad. Selena never learned anything related to her studies and absorbed all the negative

get married and live the rest of her life in security. It would be

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

It was late at night, so where could he possibly look for Ellen? If he

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

became so mad that tears began falling from her eyes. Still, she had 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 in her old age. She wondered if that was retribution from

police station, Alden and Jay stubbornly refused to admit that they had slandered Ellen, and they only began panicking when evidence was presented

this was just a joke, so

wasn’t a joke; they were

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

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

they went viral in an instant. In the videos, Alden and Jay

netizens had just finished gossiping about Ellen buying her championship, and before they could even recover themselves, they were already faced with apologies from the

entire process, the police

the fans realized that Ellen was the true victim. She deserved every bit of her championship,

only that, several chess professionals voiced their thoughts as they analyzed the game Ellen played in the finals. They were amazed at Ellen’s skill in chess, and it

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

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 been restored, she

word, Ellen walked toward him and

“Thank you!”

thanks as he reached up and caressed the back of her head.

“I’ve said before that I won’t

to look at him. His words

him around, she did not

then, Ellen heard the phone ringing. She gave him a peck on the cheek, then

“Alright, go ahead.”

couch and answered the

“Hello, Nicholas.”

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

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

me, your Uncle Connor. Can we meet up? Lena was foolish and made a mistake. Can

wrong, so she should bear the responsibility. You

she was just released from jail, so she can’t go back again! Her life

way, she’ll learn to become a decent person and respect

hung up the phone and sighed gently.

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

man who had walked toward

from the producer at the TV station,

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

proceed

canceled?” Ellen was

Miss Lane said

Ellen replied determinedly, “I’m sorry, Miss Lane, but I think we should cancel the interview. I’m feeling a little tired, and I don’t feel

famous! Are you really going to pass it up?” Miss Lane

I’m giving up.” Ellen nodded. She now realized that fame was exhausting and being herself in her quiet

it for you.” Miss Lane persisted. Ellen was in the spotlight now, and

wrapped around her from behind,

you want

of others. I just want to stay with you and live the rest of

was already exhausted from the fighting and chaos outside. Simple, clean social circles and

home, they could only sit around restlessly

didn’t even manage to get her

you so useless?!”

up. Olivia thought it was a call from Ellen, who decided to have mercy on their daughter. “Why aren’t you picking

his phone. Connor didn’t think she would try to snatch it, so he became even more panicked and started fighting

have dinner! Mom and

of panic colored Connor’s face. Connor hastily ended the call, not daring to look

it?” Olivia asked through gritted teeth, the

wrong number,”

you hiding something from me? Do you have a child with another woman?” Olivia asked

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

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

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

this while, he wouldn’t have dared to cheat on her.

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

tell Olivia. He

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

knew he had done something wrong. He remained silent as he allowed

she calmed down sometime after her outburst. She was already in her 50s, so she knew that she had to accept the truth even though it was a tough pill to

old is that child?” she

“Nine,” replied Connor.

again. She thought every man in this world would cheat, but her husband was the only exception. Little did she know his illegitimate child was nine years old already. That meant that he had already cheated on

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

kill her as soon as I

only come

right then and there. Aida was her distant cousin who had divorced more than ten years ago. She never thought that Aida would seduce her husband and even give birth to

is this?! she

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

much did you give her?” Olivia

I gave her five million in total,” Connor said truthfully. He lived frugally at home, but all his money was

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

had cheated on her and had an illegitimate child with a homewrecker.

years in the past while living in materialistic luxury, but

what methods you use—just get Lena out of there!” Olivia roared. Her daughter was

nodded. “I’ll look

where Ellen had gone, Connor didn’t have a clue. He could only call up Benjamin, who had contacted Presgrave Group

“Hello, who is it?”

I was wondering if I could

tell you that.” On the other end of the line, Benjamin hung up

help anything. They were now getting retribution for how they had

right to ask Ellen

was trembling as she tapped her feet. She was waiting anxiously and nervously for

father didn’t save

now, and she was scared. She shouldn’t have tested Ellen’s patience. She wanted

of the slander, Ellen had been a little

a message from Benjamin, informing

at it,

always

dinner, Jared took Ellen to a seaside hotel for a vacation so that

a short video posted online where

eyes as he begged earnestly to meet Ellen, evoking a lot of sympathy from netizens. He was trying to force Ellen to meet him by taking it to

terminally ill, and I want to see my niece

Ellen was famous, the media was more than willing to share this video. In an instant, the entire internet was looking for Ellen, hoping

She hadn’t seen him in a year or so, and

had been very caring toward her and her brother, and he even 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 lives in peace and warmth as well. This was probably why she was different from whom Connor and his family used

her uncle and his family. She believed in karma, so

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

dialed Connor’s number, which was saved on

On the other end of the line, Connor picked up and spoke in an exhausted

me, Uncle Connor,” Ellen

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