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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

is home. What happened? Has she done anything

to come with

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

I do?” Selena shouted in

said, her

as she thought,

saying, “Mom, if anything

Did you mess with her

I don’t want to go to jail again. I was just getting a little revenge on her, and it

couldn’t believe her daughter had gotten into trouble again, and with Ellen at

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

My daughter will never do such a

arresting her according to the law. Please refrain from

her. She turned around and looked pleadingly at her father. “Dad, please talk to Ellen. Ask her to forgive me and let me off the hook! I don’t want to

was regretting it to the core as she didn’t want to go back

forward and slapped Selena across the face. “Since when

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

again. Olivia was regretting it now. How could her daughter be so clumsy? She thought Selena would turn over a new leaf,

allowing her to study abroad. Selena never learned anything related to

suffer early in life, then get married and live the rest of her life in security. It would be much better than her

go and talk to Ellen. You have to find her even 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,

late at night, so where could he possibly look for Ellen? If he had to

morning.” Connor

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

stubbornly refused to admit that they had slandered

them, this was just a joke, so how could they

quickly realized that this wasn’t a joke; they

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

leaving the interrogation room at the same time. The moment he saw Selena walking in

saw him, she knew that the end was inevitable. There was no escaping now, and she even felt

instant. In the videos, Alden and Jay behaved with utmost sincerity while apologizing. No matter what identities they once held, at

could even recover themselves, they were already faced with apologies from the people who started the rumors. The development was so fast that they

the entire process, the police also

true victim. She deserved every bit of

the finals. They were amazed at Ellen’s skill

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

as she got up, she stumbled across articles

the door, the man who was sitting in the chair was startled by the sudden noise. Without another word, Ellen walked toward him and spread out her slender arms, then

“Thank you!”

and caressed the back of her head. “I’m just

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

at him. His words were filled

him around, she did not need to fear

a peck

“Alright, go ahead.”

sat on the couch and answered the call from the

“Hello, Nicholas.”

someone claiming to be your uncle came to

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

something wrong, so she should bear the responsibility. You

so she can’t go back again! Her life shouldn’t be ruined like

that she should pay 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

hung up the phone and sighed gently. In the end, her

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

who had walked toward her.

then, another phone call came in. When Ellen saw that it was from

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

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

canceled?” Ellen

time to interview you,” Miss Lane said a little excitedly. Ellen’s

Ellen replied determinedly, “I’m sorry, Miss Lane, but I think we should cancel the interview. I’m

pass it up?” Miss Lane asked in surprise. After

Ellen nodded. She now realized that fame was exhausting and being herself in her quiet corner of the world was the

can solve it for you.” Miss Lane persisted. Ellen was in the spotlight

Thank you, and goodbye.” With that, Ellen didn’t give Miss Lane any more chances to convince her. When she put down the phone, a pair of arms wrapped around her from behind, and the man gazed at her in approval. He was surprised that despite her young age,

don’t you want

attention of others. I just want to stay with you and

Simple, clean social circles and

home, they could only sit around restlessly since

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

you so useless?!” Olivia

a

but he stubbornly refused to answer. Seeing that, Olivia reached out to grab his phone. Connor didn’t think she would try to snatch it, so he became even more panicked and started fighting back. Suddenly, a boy’s voice cut through

have dinner! Mom and

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

asked through gritted teeth, the fury already raging

wrong number,” Connor

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

admit it as he roared at her, “I told you they got

you b*stard! You got yourself a son with another woman just because I

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

pain and regret. She knew that if her husband never had much money all this while, he wouldn’t have dared to cheat on her. That sum

frenzy, shaking him as she interrogated, “Who is that woman? Tell me, who

so he wouldn’t tell Olivia. He gritted his teeth and stubbornly refused to say

Lena anymore; you’re already devoted to

Connor knew he had done something wrong. He remained silent as he allowed Olivia to hit and

her 50s, so she knew that she had to accept the truth even though it was a tough pill

is that child?”

“Nine,” replied Connor.

her husband was the only exception. Little did she know his illegitimate

is that woman? Tell me, who is

soon as

only come clean.

had divorced more than ten years ago. She never thought that Aida would seduce

retribution is

to getting treated like that by distant relatives. How dare Aida seduce her husband

did you give her?”

in total,” Connor said truthfully. He lived frugally at home, but all his

couldn’t catch her breath. She felt that her life was already in

station, and now, she discovered her husband had cheated on her and had

while

get Lena out of

“I’ll look for

a clue. He could only call up Benjamin,

“Hello, who is it?”

Connor Aguirre. I was wondering if I

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

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

to

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

her father didn’t save her,

She shouldn’t have tested Ellen’s patience. She wanted to live in the beautiful and vibrant world outside instead of going back to that cold,

…

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

received a message from Benjamin, informing him that Connor was

it,

had always gone

to a seaside hotel for a

received a message on her phone. She opened it to see a short video posted online where Connor was talking

his 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

read, ‘I am terminally ill, and I want to see my

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

hadn’t seen him in a year or so, and he had aged a lot. Ellen

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 to

turn completely against her uncle and his family. She believed

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

phone and dialed Connor’s number, which was

the line, Connor picked up and spoke in an exhausted

me, Uncle Connor,” Ellen

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