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Although you are right from a fairness perspective (B has no right to a TO when ball is live and not in B's hands), once play has stopped, the TO must be granted. Mistakes, once made, sometimes result in outcomes that don't quite seem fair. You can't undo the mistake and try to do what would have been right, you must follow the rule as it applies after the mistake.
In essence, your initial whistle becomes an inadvertent whistle because you can't grant a TO to B. Now that the ball is dead due to the whistle, the TO can and must be granted. Your partner was right. And it seems unfair.
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