Chapter 43 - She'd already made her decision.

A lot had changed in this past month.

Adrian had changed. How many times had he imagined finding her, explaining himself to her, asking for forgiveness? But not here, not like this...He needed to do it properly to show her how he’d turned his life around.

This was the chance he’d been waiting for to get her back. And he wasn’t about to blow it.

If only he could work his tongue loose to say a damned word.

“I heard you’ve been awarded with the Forbes under 30 as one of the top innovative leaders,” Liz blurted out, clearly unable to stand the silence any longer.

“I was doing my job.” He simply said with an indifferent shrug.

“The newspapers don’t seem to think so,” she babbled on but, irrationally, he was more fascinated by the way her pulse was leaping erratically at her throat. “They said you’re impressive for having achieved this award in such a short time.”

He’d hated the publicity for that. Impressive, nonsense!

The public had lauded him for that award, yet all he could thin