After our video, which my best friend and I made, went viral, her boyfriend wanted to be part of our team.
However, after pondering that her boyfriend, Marc Baker's style did not match ours, I turned him down.
I never expected Marc to storm into our livestream, smash things and shout at me.
He yelled, "Marie Laurent! You damn old hag! You’re just jealous that Stella Hill is loved and cared for, so you’re trying to drive a wedge between us!"
It was obvious to me that from this moment forward it would be hard for us to work together on this account.
I inquired about Stella's opinion, "How do you feel about this?"
Marc persuades Stella by saying, "A good wife helps me, your boyfriend, rise to greatness. I’ll pay her back a thousandfold in gold!”
Tears fell from Stella's eyes as she told me, "It's impossible for me to lose my love."
Fine. I'll assist them because I wish to see how the woman who leaves her career just for a man will have a happy ending.
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"Marie, you're a damn slut! I'm not a man if I can't make you taste your own medicine today!"
Marc barged in while Stella and I were broadcasting our, with over ten thousand viewers watching our live.
Realizing the severity of the situation, I immediately ended the live broadcast.
He charged at me while giving a menacing smile, "You’ve done everything to keep me out of the channel, just because you think Stella is too innocent and gullible and you’re afraid I’ll expose who you really are. If you don’t let me join, I’ll make sure your whole streaming career crashes and burns.”
I was stunned. This was the account that was created by Stella and me back in college. For the past three years, we have been building the channel together.
Meanwhile, Stella and Marc had only dated for the past three months.
By any measure, the man had zero claim to the channel.
I shot back, “Tell, me …. what did I ever lie to Stella about? Don’t throw out baseless accusations.”
With a calm and collected expression, he told me, "Stella was the one who made the account. So, according to the proportion of shares, Stella's founder and you’re second-in-command. However, you convinced her to split everything fifty-fifty with you."
He said again, “I won’t get into what happened before. However, now that Stella and I are together, I deserve a share of the channel."
"Stella has agreed this matter is managed by me and her. You're an outsider, who are you to get in the way of our matter."
It was true we used Stella's name when we registered the account. Stella and I agreed upon this. Back then, we were still students and never expected the account to become viral.
We had only made a verbal agreement to split all profits and shares equally. We had never put everything in writing.
Marc was clearly using that loophole to cause trouble.
The scorn in Marc's eyes directed at me, "What? Cat got your tongue now that you know you’re at fault?”
I couldn’t understand what Stella saw in a scumbag like him.
Since I did not want to waste another word on him. I turned and asked Stella, "Didn’t we agree from the start to split everything fifty-fifty?”
Stella looked awkward and was about to break down as she said, "You’re my best friend and business partner, but he’s my boyfriend, the one I might spend the rest of my life with. How am I supposed to choose between you two?”
I looked at Stella in despair. Although she said she could not choose, she actually had made a decision,
Marc, who had been dating Stella for less than a month, wanted to possess part of the profit.
“Our channel’s theme is about the friendship between best friends. Will it matter to add a man into the mix?"
From every angle you look at it, the whole threesome setup felt completely off. So, I promptly declined.
Since then, Marc held a grudge toward me.
In the beginning, Marc did not have the guts to confront me. He just kept sweet-talking Stella.
“A good wife helps her man rise to the top. I’ll shower her with riches in return!" he said.
“Baby, everything I do is for your good. Men don’t play mind games, we are not like Marie, who's so scheming that one can count."
“I don’t care about the money. I just don’t want people to look down on you for marrying a man ‘beneath’ you.”
