Chapter 31

Viviane POV

“You have dishonored your family, now your sister will be my sole heiress.” The accusatory finger of my grandfather makes me cringe.

“No!” I hear myself scream. Everything went black after that.

Philip’s words were a slap in the face, but my grandfather disowning me from the Sinclair family ripped my heart and dug my grave. Though he took care of us after our parents died, I knew my grandfather wasn’t always fond of me. He treated me and my mother distantly,I wonder what we ever did to him. I remember hearing him say during her funeral that it was a relief she was gone, as if she was a burden lifted off his shoulders. I still hold on to that memory and today it carved a deeper wound.

I didn't come back to my senses until strong arms lifted me and I felt immediately secured. I could recognize this man anywhere. My mate. He might be using the world’s most expensive cologne but nothing made him smell more divine than his distinctive scent, pinewood and musk. It felt like l