Chapter 59 - Adrian felt deliverance.

Adrian Moore realized with a gut-wrenching certainty he was done running. There was a kind of adrenaline surfing his blood stream that he felt determined.

He’d spent a lifetime chasing shadows and dreams, moving from project to the next, always searching for the next thing, that next hit that would get him through the night.

Happiness had been elusive and, at times, so far out of reach he’d simply stopped reaching. But now, with Liz gazing at him with such fierce and unguarded hope, he wanted to be the man she seemed to think he was.

He pulled her impossibly closer, resting his cheek against her temple as he breathed her in. His heart beat hard and sure.

No more chasing dreams he couldn’t see.

The one he had in his arms was better than anything he’d come up with on his own. He would only find his happiness with her in his life. He’d have to find the right moment to say he’d fallen for her because it wasn’t as easy as before. He’d mess up but now, he’d sort it out.

The absolute last th