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

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

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

daughter is home. What

her to

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

did I do?” Selena shouted in

Olivia said, her

panicked as

“Mom, if anything happens to me, ask

mess with her

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

believe her daughter had gotten into

the door. The police said straightforwardly, “Your daughter is suspected of seducing someone and receiving 15,000 in return.

My daughter will never do such

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

police came in to arrest her. She turned around and looked pleadingly at her father.

regretting it to the core as she didn’t want to

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

for mercy. I won’t let you go to jail again,” Olivia promised through tears as she went down the

something wrong again. Olivia was regretting it now. How could her daughter

wrong decision by allowing her

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

their daughter had been jailed

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

morning.” Connor couldn’t be bothered about

that moment, Olivia became so mad 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

that they had

a joke, so how could they get

wasn’t

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

interrogation room at the same time. The moment he saw Selena walking in his direction, he pointed at her and

There was no escaping now, and she even felt like

In the videos, Alden and Jay behaved with utmost sincerity while apologizing. No matter what identities they once held, at that moment, they had only

and before they could even recover themselves, they were already faced with apologies from the people who started the rumors. The development was so fast that they could barely

After Alden revealed the entire process, the

every bit of her championship, and she most certainly did

analyzed the game Ellen played in the finals.

Ellen’s skills were once again acknowledged. After the ruckus online,

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. When she saw that her reputation had been restored, she put down her iPad and turned around, running toward the

who was sitting in the chair was 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 into his shoulder as she thanked

“Thank you!”

sincere thanks as he reached up and caressed the back

he kissed her forehead. “I’ve said before that I won’t let

eyes to look at him. His words were filled with security and

around, she did not need to

ringing. She gave him a peck on the

“Alright, go ahead.”

the couch and answered the call from

“Hello, Nicholas.”

your uncle came to us and said he’s looking

her?

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

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

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

that she should pay the 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 of the

hung up the phone and sighed gently. In the

then, a man’s voice rang out gently behind her, comforting Ellen as he said, “You

Ellen looked at the man who had walked toward her.

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

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

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

canceled?”

delayed. Now is the best time to interview you,” Miss Lane said a little excitedly. Ellen’s popularity was booming right now, after

I think we should cancel the interview. I’m feeling a little

to pass it up?” Miss Lane asked in surprise. After

that fame was exhausting and being

run into 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 raise

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

want more

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

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 Ellen refused

Ellen again, and they didn’t even manage to get her number. Moreover, the team had left Averna as

you 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 have mercy on

reached out to grab his phone. Connor didn’t think she would try to snatch it, so

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

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

is it?” Olivia asked through gritted teeth, the fury already raging in her

wrong number,” Connor said

from me? Do you have a

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

“Connor, you b*stard! You got yourself a son with another woman just because I can’t give you one, didn’t you?

any longer, Connor sat down on

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

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

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

I’m going kill you! 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

something wrong. He remained silent as he allowed

for Olivia, she calmed down sometime after her outburst. She was already in her 50s, so she knew that she had to

is that child?” she

“Nine,” replied Connor.

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 that

soon as I find out who she is,” Olivia

could only come clean.

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

retribution is this?!

in comparison to getting treated like that by distant relatives. How dare Aida seduce her

did you give her?”

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

her chest throbbed in pain, and she couldn’t catch her breath. She felt that her life

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

for 16 years in the past while living in materialistic luxury, but now, she had nothing

Lena out of there!” Olivia roared.

nodded. “I’ll look

have a clue. He could only call up Benjamin, who had

“Hello, who is it?”

was wondering if I could

tell you that.” On the other

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

no right to ask Ellen

feet. She was waiting

save her,

truly regretting it now, and she was scared. She shouldn’t have tested Ellen’s patience. She wanted to live

a romantic dinner to lift Ellen’s mood. Because of the

Benjamin, informing him that Connor

at it,

Aguirres had always

a seaside hotel for a

She opened it to see a short video

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

caption read, ‘I am terminally ill, and

willing to share this video. In an instant, the entire internet

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

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

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

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

phone and dialed Connor’s

other end of the line, Connor

me, Uncle Connor,” Ellen

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