Rex and Adriana's Story





Adriana was involed with Duke Buchanan and when he began spending a lot of time working, a distance formed between them. She befriended Rex Balsom and they were surprised when a strong rapport and attraction developed between them. Adriana denied it because of Duke but their attraction was too strong so they kissed. When Adriana and Duke began to make love one night, Adriana called out Rex's name by accident so Duke stormed out. Adriana and Duke worked things out, but Rex and Adriana's attraction and friendship continued. Adriana realized her feelings for Rex so she broke up with Duke.

Adriana broke things off with Duke, but a misunderstanding led her to believe that Rex wasn't interested in her. After dancing around their feelings, the two began dating. Adriana was furious with Rex when she learned he kept fugitive Todd Manning's whereabouts hidden. The two fought, but reunited when Rex helped protect Adriana (who had begun modeling) from a deranged stalker. Adriana's stalker continued to plague her, drawing Rex and Adriana closer as they attempted to catch him (or her). Things got so intense that Rex shuttled Adriana out of town to a secret location to protect her. There, the two declared their love but Adriana discovered e-mails of Rex's that led her to believe that he was the stalker! Adriana fled. Rex figured out he had been framed, and realized Dorian had set him up, in an attempt to break up Rex and Adriana. Bruce, the man Dorian hired to do her dirtywork, kidnapped Adriana and held her for ransom. Dorian and Rex teamed up to successfully save Adriana. Bruce was killed, but Rex was shot in the process. Adriana was by his side in the hospital as he recovered. Afterwards, Adriana cut of all ties with Dorian. She eventually forgave her.

Todd hired Rex to find his missing son, whom Spencer Truman stole at birth. Rex tracked down the child, and realized he had been adopted by Michael and Marcie McBain; the child was now Tommy McBain, Rex's godchild. Torn on what to do, Rex confided in Adriana. Both agreed to keep the secret of Tommy's parentage, and let Todd think that his son was unable to be found. Michael found out the secret and joined Rex and Adriana's pact to keep the secret forever.

Former baseball star Tate Harmon arrived in town and set his sights on Adriana. He became a model for Adriana's company, Exposed so he began spending a lot of time with Adriana. Rex was jealous and sensed that Tate is hiding something so he began investigating in his past. But all of Rex's investigating led to nowhere and it upset Adriana. So Rex promised he would stop the investigation of Tate. But he couldn't keep his promise, so Adriana broke up with him because she felt she couldn't trust him anymore.

Tate used this to his advantage and began spending even more time with Adriana and vowing she'll be his. When Adriana discovered an OPP medallion in Tate's bag, she came to Rex and told him that she thinks he was right about Tate all along. They go to the police who tell them it does look like Tate's guilty. Rex promised to stay by Adriana's side. But when Adriana gets a call from Tate saying he's holding Vincent and Layla hostage on the Palace roof and wants her to come alone, she gets Rex to leave and hurries to the roof. Rex, sensing something was wrong, followed her. Tate orders Adriana to jump off the roof unless she wants to see her friends killed. As Adriana is about to jump off, Talia arrives and shoots Tate and he's arrested for the hate crimes. Adriana blames herself for not trust Rex but he forgives her and the two reunite.