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.

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

turned pale. Their daughter had been in jail

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

My daughter is home. What happened? Has she done anything

need her to come

ran toward her daughter’s room. When she opened the door, Selena was still sleeping. Olivia shouted, “Wake up,

I do?” Selena

police are here,” Olivia said, her eyes red

instantly panicked as

mother’s hand, saying, “Mom, if anything happens

Did you mess with

jail again. I was just getting

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

police said straightforwardly, “Your daughter is suspected of seducing someone and receiving 15,000 in

Impossible. My daughter will never do

arresting her according to the law. Please refrain

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

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

Don’t worry, 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 her

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

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

Selena could just suffer early in life, then get married and live the rest of her

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

getting old. It was late at night, so where could he possibly look for Ellen? If he had to run around looking for people, it would be too taxing

to her tomorrow morning.” Connor

for

station, Alden and Jay stubbornly refused to admit that they had slandered Ellen, and they only began panicking

a joke, so how

quickly realized that this wasn’t a joke; they were

to blame it on someone else, wishing they

The moment he saw Selena walking in his direction, he pointed at her and said angrily, “It’s her. She’s the one who

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

uploaded online, and they had so many views that they went viral in an instant. In the videos, Alden and

they were already faced with apologies from the

video, two policemen were standing behind him. After Alden revealed the entire process, the police also announced how the

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

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

the ruckus online, she was now receiving a huge wave

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.

the sudden noise. Without another word, Ellen walked toward him and spread

“Thank you!”

and caressed the back of her head. “I’m just doing my job,

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

beautiful eyes to look at him.

him around, she did

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

“Alright, go ahead.”

sat on the couch and answered the call from the

“Hello, Nicholas.”

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

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

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

there’s nothing to talk about. Selena did something wrong, so she should bear the responsibility.

released from jail, so she can’t go back again! Her life shouldn’t be ruined

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

sighed gently. In

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

man who had walked toward

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

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

night? We can proceed with the

canceled?”

is the best time to interview you,” Miss Lane said

think we should cancel the interview. I’m feeling a little tired, and I don’t

rare chance for you to become famous! Are you really going to pass it up?” Miss

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

any trouble? It’s okay, we can solve it for you.” Miss Lane persisted. Ellen was in the spotlight now, and an interview with her would definitely

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

you want

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

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

Connor’s home, they could only sit around restlessly since Ellen refused to help

again, and they didn’t even manage to get her

so

glanced at it but didn’t dare pick it up. Olivia thought it was a call from Ellen,

Connor didn’t think

Come over and have dinner! Mom and I

to grab the phone, while a strong look of panic colored Connor’s face. Connor hastily ended the

asked through gritted

wrong

you have a

as he roared at her, “I told

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

he couldn’t hide this any longer, Connor sat down on the couch in

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

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

Olivia. He gritted his teeth and stubbornly

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

wrong. He remained silent as he allowed

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

old is that

“Nine,” replied Connor.

only exception. Little did she

Tell me, who is

don’t tell me, I’ll kill her as soon as I find out who she is,”

could only come clean.

cousin who had divorced more than ten years ago. She

retribution is

in relationships paled in comparison to getting treated like that by distant

you give her?” Olivia asked

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

that her chest throbbed in pain, and she couldn’t catch her

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

for 16 years in the past while living in materialistic luxury, but now,

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

nodded. “I’ll

didn’t have a clue. He could only call

“Hello, who is it?”

Stark, it’s me, Connor Aguirre. I was wondering if I

you that.” On the other end

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

had no right to ask Ellen

the police station, Selena was trembling as she tapped her feet. She was waiting anxiously and nervously for her father to

her father didn’t save her, only jail awaited

have tested Ellen’s patience. She wanted to live in the beautiful and vibrant world outside instead of going back to that cold, tiny

Because of the slander, Ellen

received a message from Benjamin, informing

glanced at it,

always gone too

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

on her phone. She opened it to see a short video posted online where Connor was talking to the camera,

as he begged earnestly to meet Ellen, evoking a lot of sympathy from netizens.

‘I am terminally ill, and I

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

video her uncle posted, seeing him 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 sighed lightly as

her uncle 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

there was another reason why Ellen didn’t want to turn completely against her uncle and his family. She believed in karma, so she wanted to protect the people she loved

brother’s heart donation back then, if Connor hadn’t agreed

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

other end of the line, Connor picked up and

me, Uncle

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