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.

not tell her parents about the

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

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

is home. What happened? Has she

to

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

did I do?” Selena

said, her eyes red

as

“Mom, if anything happens to me,

mess with

I was just getting a

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

was asking questions at the door. The police said straightforwardly, “Your daughter is suspected of seducing someone and receiving 15,000 in return. She’s also suspected of threatening and slandering

My daughter will never

evidence, and we’re arresting her according to the law. Please

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

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

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

made the wrong decision by allowing her to study

be a problem if they were poor. Selena could just suffer early in life, then get married

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 and a half because Connor couldn’t find Ellen. Now, she didn’t

Ellen? If he had

Connor couldn’t

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,

police station, Alden and Jay stubbornly refused to admit that they had

was just a joke, so how

this wasn’t a

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

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

There was no escaping

and they had so many views that they went viral in an instant. 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

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 react in

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

fans realized that Ellen was the true victim. She deserved every bit of her championship, and she most certainly did not

in the finals. They were amazed at Ellen’s skill in chess, and it

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

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

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

“Thank you!”

caressed the back of her head. “I’m just doing my job, aren’t

her forehead. “I’ve said before that I won’t let anyone hurt

beautiful eyes to look at him. His words were filled

did not need to

Ellen heard the phone ringing. She gave him a peck on the cheek, then said, “I’m going

“Alright, go ahead.”

the couch and

“Hello, Nicholas.”

came to us and said he’s looking for

for her? Did he want to beg for mercy on Selena’s

me, your

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

go back again! Her

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

gently.

comforting Ellen as he said, “You did the right thing. There’s no need for compassion toward people like

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

saw that it was from the producer at the TV station,

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

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

canceled?” Ellen

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

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

going to pass it up?” Miss Lane asked in surprise. After all, once someone became famous, they would become even more well-known

fame was exhausting and being herself in her quiet corner of the

can solve it for you.” Miss Lane persisted. Ellen was in the spotlight now, and an interview with her would definitely raise their

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

you want more fame?” he

of others. I just want to stay with

outside. Simple, clean social circles and connections were

they could only sit around restlessly since Ellen

to get her

are you so useless?!”

up. Olivia thought it was a call from Ellen, who decided to

Seeing that, Olivia reached out to grab his phone. Connor didn’t think she would try to snatch it, so he became

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

phone, while a strong look of panic

Olivia asked through gritted teeth, the fury already raging in her

the wrong number,” Connor said

you have a child

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

her face. She 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

hide this any longer, Connor sat down on the couch

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

a frenzy, shaking

protect his son, so he wouldn’t tell Olivia. He gritted his teeth

already devoted to your illegitimate son!” The more Olivia spoke, the more pitiful she felt. She began wailing

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

sometime after her outburst. She was already in her 50s, so she knew that she had to accept the truth even though it was

old is that

“Nine,” replied Connor.

only exception. Little did she know his illegitimate child was nine years old already. That meant

Tell me, who is that b*tch?!” Olivia

as I find out who she is,” Olivia

come clean. “It’s

divorced more than ten

is

like that by distant relatives. How dare Aida seduce her

much did you give her?” Olivia asked

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

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

still 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 days were

in the past while living in materialistic luxury, but now, she

get Lena out of there!” Olivia roared. Her daughter was her only

“I’ll look for

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

“Hello, who is it?”

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

the other end of the line, Benjamin

to help anything. They were now getting retribution for

had no right to

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

save her, only

truly regretting it now, and she was scared. She shouldn’t have tested Ellen’s patience. She wanted to live in the beautiful and vibrant world outside instead of going back to

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

from Benjamin, informing

glanced at it, then replied, ‘Ignore

always gone

to a seaside hotel for

received a message on her phone. She opened it to see a short video

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

caption read, ‘I am terminally ill, and I

more than willing to share this video. In an instant, the entire internet was looking for Ellen, hoping that she would meet her terminally ill uncle as

camera. She hadn’t seen him in a year

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 from whom Connor and his family used

turn completely against her uncle and his family. She believed in karma,

about her brother’s heart donation back then,

Connor’s number, which was saved

the line, Connor picked

me, Uncle

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