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You should be blaming the despicable Alden.”
“I wanted to announce to the whole world that you are my girlfriend, but I should’ve been more low-key to protect you,” Jared confessed as he kissed her. “I will investigate this matter and make sure Alden pays the price.”
“Okay, I’m not in a hurry.” Ellen nodded. She had nothing to fear, for she had a clear conscience.
At the same time, Selena, who was at the hotel, kept checking comments about Ellen online. The more she read, the more excited she became. Ellen’s reputation had been tarnished, and the internet was filled with criticism and outrageous comments toward her. Selena felt extremely satisfied, for this was the result she wanted.
Soon, Jay called her. He had been keeping an eye on Ellen’s news and was now relieved. “Selena, I’ve done everything you asked me to do. Can you let me go now?”
“Give me another 15,000 and I’ll let this go,” Selena demanded the money greedily.
“Selena, you…” Jay was a stingy person, but he did not expect Selena to be so greedy. 15,000 and nothing less than that,” Selena blackmailed him. “Fine! Consider myself unlucky!” Jay then hung up the call furiously.
Selena was overjoyed. Not only she had easily destroyed Ellen’s reputation, she even got 15,000 from it. It was enough to pay for some of her expenses for the time being.
She had been in jail for over a year, and it was time for her to enjoy herself. The pleasure of retaliating against Ellen was fantastic.
Meanwhile, everyone in Ellen’s team felt powerless in dealing with this matter because of Alden’s words. Even if they wanted to prove the truth, they had no way of doing so.
“Ellen relied on her talent to win,’ Brook said with certainty. “We all know that Ellen relied on her talent, but unfortunately, the netizens have blindly believed Alden’s words. Ugh! Alden is too shameless.”
“We can only suffer this loss. I’m just worried. that Ellen can’t take it since she’s still so young, and it’s apparent that Alden is out to get her!”
“The TV station just called and said that the interview has been postponed. I think we’re done for!” “Who would dare to interview us given these circumstances? Our team’s chance to become famous has been destroyed.”
“Do you think Ellen’s boyfriend is actually the president of Presgrave Group? He’s a super rich second generation!” an assistant uttered. Hearing that, everyone fell silent.
Now, only Brook firmly believed that Ellen was a talented person!
News of Ellen buying her championship spread like wildfire online. Many media companies also grabbed this chance to gain traction and cash in on the opportunity.
However, at 6.30PM, all the media outlets fell silent, and any discussion of Ellen vanished. It was as if a large hand had taken firm control of the situation behind the scenes, halting all the slander and insults aimed at Ellen.
Without the internet to spread the word, the fans quickly diverted their attention to something else. As for the incident with Ellen, it was limited to small offline talk. After all, Ellen wasn’t a major celebrity.
A force had seeped into the chess world and begun investigating this incident that targeted Ellen.
Meanwhile, Alden was feeling a little accomplished, for he didn’t expect to ruin Ellen’s reputation just because of something he said while venting about his defeat in the competition.
He was on good terms with Jay in private too. Even though he didn’t know why Jay had suddenly asked him to do this, it was just a piece of cake for him to slander and attack the newbie with just a few sentences.
Now that the deed was done, Jay invited Alden to a meal and some drinks at night as repayment for his favor. Because of Alden’s help, Jay’s problem was solved as well, and everything was settled after he transferred the money to Selena.
After a few drinks, Alden was still curious as to why Jay would target Ellen. Jay had nowhere else to vent, and Alden wasn’t an outsider either, so he decisively told Alden about Selena blackmailing him..
When Alden heard everything, he felt like he had helped Jay tremendously, so it was considered a huge favor. Hence, Jay would gladly return the favor if Alden ran into anything in the future.
“Jay, I was putting myself at risk to help you, but I don’t like Ellen that much either, you know? I’ve been coveting the championship for almost eight years, and I swore I would get first place this year.
Who knew that a brat would appear out of nowhere and block my path? That’s just infuriating. Alden was furious at the mention of Ellen. It was terribly humiliating for a veteran like him to lose to a newbie.
If he were going up against another veteran in chess, he wouldn’t be this worked up.
However, Ellen had just entered the scene this year, and she was just a young woman in her 20s. She even disregarded his seniority in the competition, making him so mad that he vented his frustration out on the chess pieces.
Jay sighed. “It’s miserable for me too! I fell right into Selena’s trap. If you hadn’t helped me, I wouldn’t know what to do!”
“Who would know about this incident if we don’t tell anyone?” Alden held the wine glass in his hand as he said in satisfaction, ‘Just one sentence from me is enough to ruin Ellen’s reputation. Also, she has a powerful boyfriend, doesn’t she? That’s the perfect opportunity for people to doubt her skills. Let’s see if she dares to complain anymore now!”
Jay brushed it off as well, then clinked glasses with Alden. “We’re brothers from now on.” Just then, Jay’s phone rang. Jay glanced at it, then answered the call in annoyance. “What else do you want, Selena?”
“Didn’t you see the news? All news reports about Ellen are gone. If someone asks you about it, don’t mention me, or I’ll send those photos to your wife immediately’ Selena’s voice sounded anxious on the other end of the line.
“What? What is going on?” Jay asked in surprise.
Selena had personally experienced the consequences of defying Ellen. She could sense something dangerous on the horizon, and she felt that Ellen was about to launch a counterattack.
“Just remember what I said.” With that, Ellen hung up. Jay had yet to come to his senses. Alden asked curiously, “What’s wrong? Is that girl asking for your money this time?”
“No.” Jay pretended everything was fine as he continued drinking with Alden.
Meanwhile, Selena checked out of the hotel and walked outside, tensing up. She had been in jail not long ago for threatening Ellen several times. Now, she had ruined the woman’s reputation out of anger.
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?”
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