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.

that day. She dared not tell

Connor were 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 she done anything

to come

When she opened the door, Selena was still sleeping. Olivia shouted, “Wake up, Lena! What did

do?”

Olivia said, her eyes

instantly panicked as she thought,

“Mom, if anything happens to me,

Did you mess with

go to jail again. I was just getting a little revenge on her, and it was supposed to be a

had gotten into

police said straightforwardly, “Your daughter is suspected of

daughter will never do such

and we’re arresting her according to

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 want

slapped Selena across the face. “Since when have I raised

Ellen for mercy. I won’t let you go

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

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

get married and live the rest of her life in security.

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 didn’t want Selena to go back

It was late at night, so where could he possibly look for Ellen? If

morning.” Connor couldn’t be bothered

Ellen for being so cruel, but it was also her daughter’s fault for being a loser. She had

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

them, this was just a joke, so how

wasn’t

someone else, wishing they could be completely free of this

Selena was taken in, Jay happened to be leaving the interrogation room at the same time. The moment he saw Selena

There was no escaping now, and she even felt like dying

were uploaded online, and they had so many views that they went viral in an instant. In the videos, Alden and Jay behaved with utmost sincerity while

Ellen buying her championship, and before they could even recover themselves, they were already faced with apologies from the people who started the

standing behind him. After Alden revealed the entire process,

victim. She deserved every bit of her championship, and she most

chess professionals voiced their thoughts as they analyzed the game Ellen played in the finals.

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

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

noise. Without another word, Ellen walked toward him and spread out her slender arms,

“Thank you!”

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

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

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

him around, she did not

him a peck on the cheek, then said, “I’m

“Alright, go ahead.”

sat on the couch and answered

“Hello, Nicholas.”

be your uncle came to us and said he’s

uncle looking for her?

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

did something wrong, so

again!

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

hung up the phone and sighed gently. In

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

who had walked toward

it was from the producer at the TV

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

can proceed with the

canceled?” Ellen

you,” Miss Lane said a little excitedly. Ellen’s popularity

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

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

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

It’s okay, we can solve it for you.” Miss Lane persisted. Ellen was in the spotlight now, and

but I personally don’t like interviews. 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, she had resisted the temptation of reputation and popularity. This was considered quite

you want more

stay with you and live the rest of our

was already exhausted from the fighting and chaos outside. Simple,

could only sit

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

so useless?!”

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

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

and have dinner! Mom and I are waiting

while a strong look of panic colored Connor’s

through gritted teeth, the fury already raging in her

gotten the wrong number,” Connor

from me? Do you have a child with another woman?”

roared at her, “I told you they got the wrong

her face. She covered her face in despair as she said, “Connor, you b*stard! You got yourself a son with

couldn’t hide this any longer,

was filled with pain and regret. She knew that if her husband never had much money all this while, he wouldn’t have dared

Olivia dashed over to him in a frenzy, shaking him as she interrogated,

so he wouldn’t tell Olivia. He gritted his teeth and

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

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

so she knew that she had to

that child?” she

“Nine,” replied Connor.

again. She 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

as soon as I find out who she is,” Olivia said with reddened

could only come clean.

than ten years ago. She never thought that Aida would seduce her husband and even give

is this?!

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

you give

said truthfully. He lived frugally at

in pain, and she couldn’t catch her breath.

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

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

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

nodded. “I’ll

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

“Hello, who is it?”

I was wondering if

On the other end of the line, Benjamin

everything he had done, but regret wasn’t going to help anything. They

to ask

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

save her,

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

…

Because of

Benjamin, informing

glanced at it, then replied,

had always gone too

a seaside hotel

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

earnestly to meet Ellen, evoking a lot of sympathy

am terminally ill, and

Ellen was famous, the media was more than willing to share this video. In an instant, the entire internet was

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

but to have mercy. Now that she was living worry-free, she hoped that her family could live

uncle and his family. She believed in karma, so she wanted to protect the people she loved the most

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

Connor’s number, which was saved on her

Connor picked up and spoke in an

Uncle Connor,” Ellen

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