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.

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

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

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

is home. What happened? Has

her to come with

door, Selena was still sleeping. Olivia shouted, “Wake up, Lena! What did you do this

did I do?” Selena shouted

here,” Olivia said, her eyes red

panicked as

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

you mess with her

I was just getting a little revenge on her, and it was supposed to be a harmless

you do?” Olivia couldn’t believe her daughter had gotten

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

My daughter will never do

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

out of her room when the police came in to arrest her. She turned around and looked pleadingly at her father. “Dad,

regretting it to the core as she didn’t

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

won’t let you go to jail again,” Olivia promised through tears as she

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

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

in life, then get married and live the rest

daughter had been jailed for a year and a half because Connor couldn’t find Ellen. Now, she didn’t want Selena

night, so where could he possibly look for Ellen? If he had to run around looking for people, it

Connor couldn’t be bothered about his

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

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

joke, so

this wasn’t a joke; they were actually

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

saw Selena

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

in an instant. In the videos, Alden and Jay behaved with utmost sincerity while apologizing. No matter what identities

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

policemen were standing behind him. After Alden revealed the entire process, the

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 skill in chess, and it was proof that she was

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

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 put down her iPad and turned around, running toward

startled by the sudden noise. Without another word, Ellen walked toward him and spread out her slender arms, then wrapped them tightly around his neck. She nuzzled

“Thank you!”

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

“I’ve said before that I won’t

beautiful eyes to look at him. His words were filled with

she did not need

the phone ringing. She gave him a peck on the

“Alright, go ahead.”

sat on the couch and

“Hello, Nicholas.”

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

looking for her? Did he want to beg for mercy

Connor’s voice rang out anxiously. “Ellie, it’s me, your Uncle

talk about. Selena did something wrong, so she should bear the responsibility.

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

she should pay the price for her own actions. That way, she’ll learn to become a decent

gently. In the end, her uncle still pressured

voice rang out gently behind her, comforting Ellen as he said, “You did the

looked at the man who had walked

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

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

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

it canceled?” Ellen was

Miss

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

Reiss, this is a rare chance for you to become famous! Are you really going to pass it up?” Miss Lane asked in surprise. After

exhausting and being herself in her quiet corner of

you run into any trouble? It’s okay, we can solve it for you.” Miss Lane persisted. Ellen was in

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, she had resisted the temptation of reputation and popularity. This was

want

stay with you and live the

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

in Connor’s home, they could only sit around restlessly since

even manage to get her number. Moreover, the team had left Averna as

you so useless?!”

up. Olivia thought it was a call from Ellen, who decided to have mercy on their daughter.

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

over and have dinner! Mom and I

her attempt to grab the phone, while a strong look of panic colored Connor’s face. Connor hastily ended the call, not

gritted teeth, the fury

wrong number,” Connor

from me? Do you have a

still dared not admit it as he roared at her, “I told you they

covered her face in despair 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 you? You’re inhumane! You’re

that he couldn’t 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

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

his son, so he wouldn’t tell Olivia.

You 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. She began wailing like a crazed

silent as he

so she knew

is that

“Nine,” replied Connor.

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

woman? Tell me, who is that

don’t tell me, I’ll kill her as soon as

come

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

retribution is

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

did you give her?” Olivia

an apartment for her. I gave her five million in total,” Connor said truthfully.

she couldn’t catch her breath. She felt that her

cheated on her and had an illegitimate child with a homewrecker. Her days were spent in poverty, and she was already 52

had enjoyed life for 16 years in the past while

methods you use—just get Lena out of there!”

“I’ll look for

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

“Hello, who is it?”

wondering if I could get a hold of Mr.

you that.” On the other end of the

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

right to ask Ellen

was trembling as she tapped her feet. She

didn’t save her, only

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, tiny

of the slander, Ellen had

received a message from Benjamin, informing him that Connor was

glanced at it, then

had always

Jared took Ellen to a seaside hotel for a

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

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

am terminally ill, and I

since Ellen was famous, 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

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,

want to turn completely against her uncle and his family. She believed in karma, so she

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

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

of the line, Connor

me, Uncle

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