THE BILLIONAIRE BENEATH THE RAIN
CLIFF DAVIESmeeting someone unexpected quotesrain short story
“A few months ago, I thought I’d never want to be seen again. Now I’m here, eating lunch by a river like a normal person.”
“That’s the point,” I said. “You don’t have to disappear to start over.”
He nodded, but his eyes looked far away, like something was still weighing on him.
When they got back, her phone was buzzing nonstop. Notifications, missed calls, messages. She frowned.
“What’s wrong?” Rand asked.
She scrolled, her expression shifting fast — confusion, shock, then something colder. She turned the screen toward him.
His face was on it.
A photo of him from the café. Headline: “Disgraced Billionaire Rand Calloway Resurfaces in London — Spotted Living with Unknown Woman.”