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He Gave Three Million To My Best Friend

He Gave Three Million To My Best Friend

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Tragic Love

Scumbag

Mistress

Best Friend

Regret

Winning Back the Wife

Cheating

The day Preston Guest and I were supposed to register our marriage, I arrived at the courthouse only to find him and my best friend, Mallory Vaughn, holding their newly issued marriage certificate. Mallory laughed as she draped an arm around his shoulders. "I lost a bet, so he had to marry me first. We'll get divorced in a month. It won't get in the way of you two being together." Preston slipped an arm around her waist and made me out to be the one who could not take a joke. But he had forgotten what he had said when my mother was rushed into the ICU, and I had begged him to lend me the money for her surgery. "As a businessman, I've always look at value and return on investment. What do I get out of lending you that kind of money? Besides, my money isn't for charity. Adults have to learn how to stand on their own." Yet he had no trouble wiring Mallory three million dollars in startup capital. "Go ahead and use it to get some experience. If you lose it, I'll take the hit." From hiking trips and vacations to marriage proposals and getting married, Preston made bet after bet for Mallory, and every single time, he left me behind. When I did not make a scene, Preston nodded in satisfaction. "That's more like it. Come on, let's grab dinner and celebrate." I pushed them away and handed Preston the breakup agreement I had already signed. "No, thanks. You taught me what independence means: no more spending your money, waiting for you to marry me, or needing you. "I wish you two a long and happy marriage."

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
After saying that, I turned and walked away.Behind me, I heard a chair crash to the floor.Preston Guest rushed out of the courthouse after me and grabbed my wrist."Tara, what do you mean by that?"I turned to look at him.He was still holding the marriage certificate they had just received. Mallory Vaughn stood behind him. Her smile froze on her face."What was it that you said?" I pulled my hand free. "Adults have to learn how to stand on their own."Preston's brows drew together."I told you to stand on your own, not to make a scene at a time like this."We just made a bet and got legally married, that's all. Mallory and I will get divorced in a month. How could that possibly affect our marriage?"I looked at him and suddenly found it all absurd.Preston and Mallory had made so many bets before, and every time, he left me behind and told me it was just a joke.Somehow, I kept believing that he would eventually come back to me until that day, when I saw him with his arm
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Chapter 2
“Didn't you say the original research behind that system was the last thing your mother left you, and that you'd never sell it?”"I'm only selling the rights to use it, not the ownership."After a brief pause, I added, "But I need the money immediately."The line went quiet for a moment."What happened?""My mom needs surgery," I said.Rowan Langley, a professor at the research institute, did not press me for details. He said, "I'll contact the finance department now. We can make the initial licensing payment within two hours."I closed my eyes and thanked him.Two hours later, I had the money in hand and rushed to the hospital. I sat outside the operating room. My palms were slick with cold sweat.Just then, my phone rang with a call from Preston, but I did not answer.Moments later, a text appeared on my screen.[Are you done making a scene?]Another text followed almost immediately.[Come home tonight. I can pretend none of this ever happened.]I stared at the two te
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Chapter 3
That evening, I returned to the villa to retrieve Mom's identification documents. The moment I opened the door, I heard laughter in the living room.Mallory was sitting on the couch in my pajamas and peeling some fruit. When she saw me, she froze for a moment, then got to her feet and smiled."Tara, you're back!"Preston came out of the kitchen carrying two glasses of water."Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?"I glanced at the suitcases in the room and said, "I came back to get a few things."Mallory slipped her arm through his."Preston, should I leave for a while?""No." He patted her hand. "From now on, this is your home, too."I paused when I saw that.Mallory deliberately shook her wrist, showing off the emerald bracelet she wore.It was a wedding gift Mom had left for me. She had entrusted it to me before she was hospitalized. I had locked it in my bedroom drawer the day before."Take off the bracelet."Mallory's expression shifted."Preston gave it to
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Chapter 4
Preston's expression changed completely.Early the next morning, I went to the company with Darryl.Preston refused to see me and instead had his assistant deliver a written statement.[Ms. Tara Wingfield left the company many years ago and is no longer involved in its business operations. Any authorization she has granted personally is unrelated to the company's business.]I could not help but laugh as I read the statement.Three years ago, when I left the company, Preston had held me in his arms and said, "You're just taking a temporary break, Tara. I'll handle the company's affairs."He subsequently told everyone that I was merely his fiancee and had never been involved in running the company.Presently, he went so far as to claim that I had no ties to the company at all.Darryl looked at me. "Are you sure you want to submit all of this evidence?""Yes.""Once you submit it, there'll be no going back for the two of you.""There was no going back from the moment he married
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Chapter 5
Preston stepped in front of me and said, "This is no place for you to make a scene.""You're holding a launch event with my technology, yet you're accusing me of making a scene?"Several people in the audience raised their phones.Mallory picked up the microphone and said softly, "Everyone, please don't misunderstand. Ms. Wingfield used to be Preston's fiancee. They had some personal issues, so there seems to be a misunderstanding regarding the license."As she spoke, she brought up a document on the large screen."This is the perpetual license agreement that Ms. Wingfield personally signed."Preston looked at me with a hint of warning in his eyes."Leave now, and I won't pursue this any further."I looked at the license agreement and said, "I didn't sign this."An uproar swept through the audience.Mallory promptly played a recording of my voice."You can take over the operation of the technology. I won't be involved in its management going forward."It certainly sounded l
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Chapter 6
I opened the final file on the hard drive.The server logs showed that Preston's personal account had given the final approval for the perpetual license agreement, and the file had been uploaded the same day Mom was rushed into the ICU.That night, I had desperately begged him to lend me three hundred thousand dollars. He told me his money was not for charity, all while using my R&D funds to bankroll Mallory's project.Preston's expression changed.I held his gaze and said slowly, "Preston, do you really think I came here today to get you back?"The investigation lasted an entire week.Preston was suspended from all his positions at Preston Tech, while Mallory was restricted from leaving the country.Videos from the launch event spread rapidly online.At first, everyone assumed the jilted fiancee had turned bitter and was deliberately sabotaging her former fiance's efforts to help her best friend start a business. But once the full recording and server logs came to light, publi
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Chapter 7
After a long silence, Mom reached up and patted my head."Just part ways then."She neither asked me for a reason nor told me to endure it.She simply said, "You've always been more capable than he ever was. Don't let a man leave you with nowhere to call home."I lowered my head, and my eyes began to sting.For the past three years, I had thought of Preston as my home. I finally realized that my mom had always been the one person who stood by me unconditionally, and I had almost lost her because of him.Preston tried to use the company's legal team to delay the investigation.He issued a public statement claiming that the three million dollars was a standard project investment, and that Tara Wingfield was merely a former technical consultant for Preston Tech. He claimed that I had made that investment voluntarily as his fiancee.As soon as the statement was released, I had a formal legal notice delivered to his company. At the same time, I submitted the nominee shareholding a
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Chapter 8
40% of the shares in Mallory's company were registered in the name of Arnold Guest, Preston's father. Two years ago, those shares were transferred to Preston through a gift agreement.In other words, Preston had long arranged a fallback plan for Mallory. Once Preston Tech secured financing and Mallory obtained the technology, Preston could use her company to transfer assets.Those three million dollars were actually the first bargaining chip he had prepared for his marriage to Mallory.When I received the investigation report, I suddenly felt the last bit of hope I had left fade away.'The man I once loved had never been confused or oblivious. He had already made a clear-headed decision to leave me out of his future,' I thought.The next time Preston came to see me, I placed the documents in front of him."Explain this."He stared at the documents for a long time without saying a word."That was my dad's own arrangement," he finally said."Why did he give the shares to Mallory
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Chapter 9
I registered a new company and started with a team of just four. Rowan served as our technical advisor, Darryl handled compliance, I oversaw projects and financing, and we brought in a financial advisor with a background in hospital finance.The early days of my new venture were far from easy. Some people refused to work with me the moment they heard I was Preston's former fiancee, while others asked outright, "Ms. Wingfield, are you starting this company to prove you're better than Mr. Guest?"I set down my coffee cup and said, "No. I'm doing this to prove that I don't need him to succeed at anything."Our first bid was against Preston's former employer. Although Preston Tech had already suspended him, he still used his old connections to pressure clients.He went around and said, "Tara Wingfield only knows technology. She doesn't understand business. Put her in charge of a project, and something will go wrong sooner or later."At the bidding meeting, the client posed a difficu
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Chapter 10
Three years later, TaraWell Health Risk officially launched.The platform did more than provide financial risk management for major healthcare institutions. It also created compliant pathways for financial assistance for ordinary families who could not afford the high cost of medical treatment.Among the first cases on the assistance list when the platform launched was that of a sixteen-year-old girl whose mother needed surgery for an acute illness but could not come up with the money in time.When the project lead handed me the documents, I fell silent for a long time. At that moment, I suddenly remembered the day Mom was rushed into the ICU."Activate the emergency assistance.""Ms. Wingfield, this funding carries a high level of risk," my assistant said.I looked at the documents."Some people can't afford to wait for the so-called return on investment when they need money the most."The project was completed successfully.That evening, I went to Mom's grave and found a fre
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