Worlds Apart
His eyes were sharp, but they softened whenever he looked at her.
She hadn't seen him in years. He brushed her hair back like he used to when they were younger, and tears filled her eyes.
"Kie," she murmured.
Kieran wasn't her brother, but he was like one to her. The Lauder family moved next door when she was six years old.
To outsiders, they looked like childhood sweethearts—three years apart, both went to the same elementary school, walking to and from school every day.
When Kieran was eight years old, his parents, Roderick Lauder and Felicia Wilkins, went overseas for work, leaving him with a nanny. The nanny took advantage of being in charge and treated him badly.