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.

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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.

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

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

“Is Selena Aguirre home?”

My daughter is home. What happened? Has

her to

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

do?” Selena shouted

said, her eyes

instantly panicked as she thought,

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

Did you mess with her

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

you do?” Olivia couldn’t believe her daughter had gotten into trouble again,

The police said straightforwardly, “Your daughter is suspected of seducing someone and

will never do

according to the law. Please

turned around and looked pleadingly at her father. “Dad, please talk to Ellen. Ask her to forgive me and

it to the core as she didn’t want to go back

slapped Selena across the face. “Since

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

How could her daughter

daughter. He had clearly made the wrong decision by allowing her to study abroad. Selena never learned anything

be a problem if they were poor. Selena could just suffer early in life, then get married and live the rest of her life in security. It would be much

said angrily. Last time, their daughter had been jailed for a year and a half

If he had to run around looking for people, it would be

morning.” Connor

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

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

joke, so how could they

that this wasn’t a

else, wishing they could be

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

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

many views that they went viral in an instant. In the videos, Alden and Jay behaved with utmost sincerity while apologizing.

before they could even recover themselves, they were already faced with apologies

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

deserved every bit of her championship, and she most certainly did not buy her way through

their 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 a

acknowledged. After the ruckus online, she was now receiving a

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

was sitting in the chair was startled by the sudden noise. Without another word, Ellen walked toward

“Thank you!”

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

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

her beautiful eyes to look at him. His words

him around, she did not

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

“Alright, go ahead.”

sat on the couch and

“Hello, Nicholas.”

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

looking for her? Did he want to beg for mercy on

out anxiously. “Ellie, it’s me, your Uncle Connor. Can we meet

nothing to talk about. Selena did something wrong,

she can’t go back again! Her life

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

phone and sighed gently. In the end, her uncle still

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

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

from the producer at the TV station, she hesitated for a

“Hello, Miss Lane.”

Ellen, are you free tomorrow night? We can proceed with the interview, so I’d like

canceled?” Ellen was

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

Miss Lane, but I think we should cancel the interview. I’m feeling a little tired, and I don’t

pass it up?” Miss

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

we can solve it for you.” Miss Lane persisted. Ellen was in the spotlight now, and an

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

don’t you want

just want to stay with you and live the rest of our

from the fighting and chaos outside. Simple, clean

home, they could only sit around restlessly

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

you so useless?!”

was a call from Ellen, who decided to have mercy on their daughter. “Why aren’t you picking

in slight nervousness, but he stubbornly refused to answer. Seeing that, Olivia reached out to grab his phone. Connor didn’t think she would try

are you? Come over and have dinner! Mom and

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

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

the wrong

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

her, “I told you

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

hide this any longer, Connor sat

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

over to him in a frenzy, shaking him as she interrogated, “Who is that woman?

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

devoted

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

so she knew that she had to accept the

that child?” she

“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 old already. That meant that he had already

me, who is that b*tch?!” Olivia

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

come clean.

right then and there. Aida was her distant cousin who had divorced more than ten years ago. She never

is this?! she

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

did you give her?”

million in total,” Connor said truthfully. He lived frugally at

and she couldn’t

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

the past while living

save Lena. I don’t care what methods you use—just get Lena out of there!” Olivia roared. Her daughter was

nodded. “I’ll

have a clue. He could only call up

“Hello, who is it?”

me, Connor Aguirre. I was wondering if I could

tell you that.” On the other end of the line, Benjamin hung

going to help anything. They were now getting

right to

she tapped her feet. She was waiting anxiously and nervously

save her, only

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 that cold, tiny

…

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

received a message from Benjamin, informing him

glanced at it, then replied,

always

Jared took Ellen to a seaside hotel for

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

had tears in his eyes as he begged earnestly to meet Ellen, evoking a lot of sympathy from netizens. He was trying to force Ellen to meet him by

‘I am terminally ill, and I want

this video. In an instant, the entire internet was looking for

front of the camera. She hadn’t seen him in a year or so, and

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

and his family. She believed in karma, so

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

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

the other end of the line, Connor picked up

Uncle Connor,” Ellen

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