THE BILLIONAIRE BENEATH THE RAIN
I needed to breathe, to think, to remember who I was before him — before the rain, before the headlines.
I ended up at the small park near my old apartment. Kids were playing in the fountain, their laughter cutting through the noise in my head. I sat on a bench, clutching my sketchbook, trying to draw.
But all that came out were blurred lines — him, me, the chaos between.
Then a shadow fell across the page.
“I thought I’d find you here,” Rand said quietly.
He looked different — no suit, no mask, just jeans and a white shirt, sleeves rolled up, hair undone. Vulnerable. Humans.