You Thought I Was Plan B, Then I Became the Endgame

When Cynthia Lynch's company was on the verge of bankruptcy, she finally agreed to be my girlfriend.

I secretly used my family's resources to help her company flourish for the five years we were together.

On the eve of her company's public offering, Cynthia finally agreed to marry me, saying she would make me the happiest man in the world.

But then, I accidentally discovered chat logs between her and her best friend on her computer.

[I'm marrying Frederick Cabot just to spite Richard.]

[I believe Richard won't just stand by and watch me marry that man.]

[As long as Richard is willing to come back from abroad for me, I'll dump Frederick, this backup and marry him.]

Seeing this, I didn't hesitate to have my family pull all their investments.

Let this tragic couple have each other.

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"Dad, withdraw the shares of Cynthia Lynch's company in a few days."

The company was about to go public. If my father withdrew the investment, it would be a disaster for Cynthia.

"How dare that woman, Cynthia Lynch, cheat on you! I'll go settle the score with her!"

Although I'd been lying low in Cynthia's company all these years, my father recognized my capabilities.

When my father learned about the situation, he was furious.

"Dad, I'll settle this score with her myself," I replied coldly, with a hint of hoarseness in my voice.

My father knew I was a deeply devoted person. He sighed, told me to handle it well and hung up.

However, my gaze remained fixed on the computer screen, on those shocking chat logs that had shaken me to the core.

Cynthia was my junior at the university.

I spotted her in the crowd at first glance during first-year orientation and my heart skipped a beat for the first time.

Later, when some thugs harassed her, I got into a brutal fight with them for her, ending up with my head covered in blood. That's what brought us closer.

Unfortunately, she had a long-distance boyfriend during college. So, no matter how I pursued her, she remained cold towards me.

Looking back now, I was pathetic.

Her indifference made me want her more, strengthening my desire to conquer her heart.

Until the year she graduated, she suddenly sought me out one day and asked me to drink with her.

However, she drank a lot that day. Afterward, she started crying, saying her boyfriend had betrayed her and gone abroad. She cursed all men by the lake, saying none of them were any good.

Finally, she leaned on my shoulder and cried for a long time.

From that day on, I wanted to show her through my actions, that there was a man in this world who truly loved her.

After graduation, she started a cosmetics company. But within a year, it went bankrupt and she was in millions of dollars' debt.

I stayed by her side through the darkest time in her life and she slowly recovered.

That's when she finally agreed to be my girlfriend.

So, I convinced my dad to use our family's resources, secretly helping her behind the scenes to get her company back on track.

For five whole years, the company was finally about to go public.

On the day the company's IPO application was approved, I proposed to her while she was in high spirits.

After considering it for a day, she actually said yes.

I was so excited I couldn't sleep all night, thinking we could finally have our happy ending.

Who would have thought that all of this was just her way of spiting her "unreached first love."

The very same man who had once abandoned her.

Meanwhile, I was just a pawn.

I feared I would become a joke to everyone on the wedding day.

Cynthia hurried out in the afternoon. I didn't know why she left so quickly, but she forgot to log off the chat messenger on the computer.

Although the chat history made me feel so heartbroken that I couldn't breathe, I still opened her social media update.

Because I had never seen her social media.

She seemed to have never posted anything. Even when we went on a trip, she didn't post any sweet photos of us together.

But when I opened her social media account at that time, I found out that she had actually posted something.

It's just that she had blocked me all along.

Soon, I found a photo of a man in her circle of friends.

Although only his arms were exposed, the IWC watch on his wrist was particularly eye-catching.

Because I had seen it in her bag some time ago.

I thought the IWC watch was a gift she carefully prepared for me.

However, it was actually given to another man.

So, it wasn't that she didn't understand romance.

She didn't want to bestow her romance on me or waste it on me.

Just then, my phone rang.

"Frederick, get over here now! Cynthia's gotten into a fight with someone! I'm worried she's going to get bullied!"

On the phone, I could faintly hear Cynthia's indignant voice.

"You bastards, you must apologize to my boyfriend!"

My heart clenched painfully.

I wasn't even with her; the boyfriend she was referring to definitely wasn't me.

I wanted to know what exactly had happened tonight, so I put on my jacket. As I went to the shoe cabinet, I discovered the pearl necklace I had given her lying quietly on the floor.

Looking closely, several pearls were already cracked.

One of them was even crushed to pieces under the heel of a high-heeled shoe.

I created this pearl necklace by diving repeatedly into the water to collect river mussels, then carefully hand-selecting each pearl one by one.

I was utterly exhausted after collecting the mussels that day.

Yet, she didn't cherish it at all.

I bent down to pick up the pearl necklace and threw it into the trash can with an expressionless face.

Then I took a taxi to the bar where Cynthia got into a fight with someone.

As soon as I arrived at the bar, I found a man holding her tightly in his arms.

The man was wearing the valuable IWC watch in his hand.