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

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

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

daughter is home. What happened? Has

need her to come with

Selena was still sleeping.

do?” Selena shouted in

Olivia said, her eyes

as

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

you mess

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

Olivia couldn’t believe her daughter had gotten into

asking questions at the door. The police said straightforwardly, “Your daughter is suspected of seducing someone and receiving 15,000 in return. She’s also

daughter will never do

obtained sufficient evidence, and we’re arresting her according to the law. Please refrain from obstructing official

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 go to jail again,

core as she didn’t

across the face. “Since when have

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

did something wrong again. Olivia was regretting it now. How could her daughter be so clumsy? She thought Selena would turn over a new leaf, but the girl was being arrested

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

married and live the rest of her life

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, she

could he possibly look for Ellen? If he had to run around looking for people, it would be too

to her tomorrow morning.” Connor couldn’t be

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

stubbornly refused to admit that they had slandered Ellen, and they

joke, so how

that this wasn’t a joke; they were actually being

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

happened to be leaving the interrogation room at the same time. The moment he saw Selena walking in his

the end was inevitable. There was no escaping now, and she

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

even recover themselves, they were already faced with apologies from the people who started the rumors. The

After Alden revealed the entire process, the police also announced how the slander started and how

realized that Ellen was the true victim. She deserved every

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 was proof

skills were once again acknowledged. After the ruckus online, she was now receiving a huge wave of fans

10.00AM this morning. As soon as she got up, she

Without another word, Ellen walked toward him and spread out her slender arms, then wrapped them tightly around his neck.

“Thank you!”

enjoyed her most sincere thanks as he reached up and caressed the back of her head. “I’m just doing my job,

said before

raised her beautiful eyes to look at him. His words were filled

she did not need to fear

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

“Alright, go ahead.”

the couch and answered the

“Hello, Nicholas.”

someone claiming to be your uncle came to us and

was her uncle looking for her? Did he

it’s me, your Uncle Connor. Can

wrong, so she should bear the responsibility. You shouldn’t worry about

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

way, she’ll learn to become a decent person and respect others.” Ellen wouldn’t give in this

the phone and sighed gently. In the end, her

her, comforting Ellen as he said, “You did the right thing.

man who had walked toward her. She

from the producer

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

Ellen, are you free tomorrow night? We can proceed with the

it canceled?”

just delayed. Now is the best time to interview you,” Miss Lane said a little excitedly. Ellen’s popularity

Ellen replied determinedly, “I’m sorry, Miss Lane, but I think we should cancel the interview. I’m feeling a little tired, and

pass it up?” Miss Lane asked in surprise. After all, once someone became famous, they would become even

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 now, and an interview with her would definitely raise

she put down the phone, a pair of arms wrapped around her from behind, and the man gazed at her in approval. He

want more

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

already exhausted from the fighting and chaos outside. Simple, clean social circles and connections were the best for

they could only sit around restlessly since

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

so

then, Connor’s phone rang. Connor glanced at it but didn’t dare pick it up. Olivia thought it was a call from Ellen, who decided to

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

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

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

through gritted teeth, the fury already

wrong

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

“I told you they got the

you b*stard! You got yourself a son with another

hide this any longer, Connor sat down on the couch in

her husband never had much money all this while, he wouldn’t have dared to cheat on her. That sum of money made

a frenzy, shaking him

tell Olivia. He gritted

you’re already devoted to your illegitimate son!” The more Olivia spoke, the more pitiful she felt. She began wailing like a

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

50s, so she knew that she had to accept the truth

old is that

“Nine,” replied Connor.

did she know his illegitimate

who is that b*tch?!” Olivia asked in

you don’t tell me, I’ll kill her as soon as I find out who

only come

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

is this?!

in comparison to getting treated like that by distant relatives.

give her?” Olivia

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

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

discovered her husband had cheated on her and had an

in the past while living in

use—just get Lena out of there!” Olivia roared. Her daughter was her only hope

“I’ll

clue. He could only call up Benjamin, who had contacted Presgrave Group

“Hello, who is it?”

Connor Aguirre. I was wondering if I could get a

the other end of the line, Benjamin hung up

to help anything. They were now getting retribution for how they had treated Ellen back

to ask Ellen for

she tapped her feet. She

save

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

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

informing him that

at it, then

Aguirres had always gone too

dinner, Jared took Ellen to a seaside hotel for a

see a short video posted online where Connor was talking to

in his eyes as he begged earnestly to meet Ellen, evoking a lot of sympathy from netizens. He was trying to force Ellen to meet

am terminally ill, and I

media was more than willing to share this video. In an instant, the

of the camera. She hadn’t seen him in a year or so, and he had

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

why Ellen didn’t want to turn completely against her uncle and his family. She believed

donation back then, if

phone and dialed Connor’s number, which was saved

Connor picked

me, Uncle Connor,” Ellen

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