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.

She dared not tell her parents about the

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

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

daughter is home. What happened? Has she done

her to come with

turned around and ran toward her daughter’s room. When she opened the door, Selena was still sleeping. Olivia shouted, “Wake up, Lena! What

did I do?” Selena shouted in

police are here,” Olivia said, her eyes red in

as

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

Did you mess

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

had gotten into trouble

was asking questions at the door. The police said straightforwardly, “Your daughter is suspected of seducing someone

My daughter will never do

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

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 let me off the hook! I don’t want

core as she didn’t want to go back to prison

was so mad that he stepped forward and slapped Selena across the face. “Since when have I raised a useless

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

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

by allowing her to study abroad.

then get married and live

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 to go back

look for Ellen? If he

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

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

to admit that they had slandered Ellen, and they only began panicking when evidence

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

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

someone else, wishing they could be completely free of this

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

end was inevitable. There was

instant. In the videos, Alden and Jay behaved with utmost sincerity

they were already faced with apologies from the people who started the rumors. The development was so fast

behind him. After Alden revealed the entire process, the

the true victim. She deserved every bit of her championship, and she most certainly did not buy her

they analyzed the game Ellen played in the finals. They

were once again acknowledged. After the ruckus

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 put

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

“Thank you!”

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

“I’ve said before that

eyes to look at him.

did not need to

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

“Alright, go ahead.”

couch and answered the

“Hello, Nicholas.”

someone claiming to be your uncle came to us

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

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

Connor, there’s nothing to talk about. Selena did something wrong,

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

own actions. That way, she’ll learn to become a decent person and

phone and sighed gently. In the end,

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

looked at the man who had walked toward her. She nodded.

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

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

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

Wasn’t it canceled?”

you,” Miss Lane said a little excitedly. Ellen’s popularity was booming right now, after

but I think we should cancel the interview. I’m feeling

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

up.” Ellen nodded. She now realized that fame was exhausting and being herself in her

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

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

you want more fame?” he

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

chaos outside. Simple, clean social circles and connections were the best

only sit around restlessly since Ellen

Ellen again, and they didn’t even manage to get her number. Moreover,

are you so

Olivia thought it was a call

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

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

gritted teeth, the fury already raging

the wrong number,” Connor

you have a child with another woman?” Olivia asked in

admit it as he roared at her, “I told you they got the wrong number! Why are

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

this any longer, Connor sat down

She 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

a frenzy, shaking him as she interrogated, “Who is

wouldn’t tell Olivia.

about Lena anymore; you’re already devoted to

He remained silent as he allowed Olivia to

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

is that child?”

“Nine,” replied Connor.

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

woman? Tell me, who is

as soon as I find out who she is,”

could only come clean. “It’s

fainted 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

retribution is

betrayed in relationships paled in comparison to getting treated like that by distant relatives. How dare Aida seduce her husband and spend

did you give her?”

for her. I gave her five million in total,” Connor said truthfully. He lived

she couldn’t catch her

the police station, and now, she discovered her husband had cheated on her and had an illegitimate child with a homewrecker. Her

the past while living in materialistic luxury, but now,

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

nodded. “I’ll

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

“Hello, who is it?”

it’s me, Connor Aguirre. I was wondering if I could get a hold of

other end of

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

had no right to

her feet. She was waiting anxiously and nervously

save her, only jail

wanted to live in the beautiful and vibrant world

…

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

message from Benjamin, informing him that Connor was asking about

at it, then

always

took Ellen to a seaside hotel for a vacation so that she could

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

sympathy from netizens. He was

ill, and

video. In an instant, the entire internet was looking for Ellen, hoping that she would

front of the camera. She hadn’t seen him in a

felt that she had no choice but to have mercy. Now that she was living

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

then, if Connor hadn’t agreed to it, Jared wouldn’t be where he was

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

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

me, Uncle Connor,” Ellen

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