Audrey met ADAM PEARSON in 2012 when she was 19, working as a receptionist at an advertising firm in Santa Barbara. They began as coworkers - Adam, a 24 year old college graduate with a BComm in Marketing, working his first “real job” as a junior associate in the firm. After clearing the relationship with HR, the two began to quietly date, and their romance became serious in mere weeks.
They were engaged in summer of 2014 when Adam proposed in the living room of their apartment. They married in a small wedding on May 16, 2015.
The marriage and relationship had their hardships, and Adam knew how to push Audrey’s buttons. More often than not she backed down and took the blame for their issues. To this day she continues to beat herself up for not seeing the red flags - from the number of times he told her to be quiet, that she didn’t know what she was talking about, to “stand there and wait” to the look on both her mother and sister’s faces when they visited and interacted with her husband.
In an effort to save the passion in their relationship, Audrey suggested filming themselves in the bedroom in 2016. It was Adam that posted the first video online, and they continued to be exclusive partners until early 2018.
Audrey ultimately decided to end the marriage and move away from their condo in October, 2017 despite Adam’s insistence that they could work through their problems and be happy together. Though technically separated they continued to work together on video, and it was Adam that helped Audrey film her audition video for NDHQ.
The move to Los Angeles was to finally put space between Audrey and Adam. It was an escape hatch and her acceptance of the fact that they couldn’t be in the same place anymore. Adam was still in love with Audrey and despite everything, convinced that they could work out - at least until mid-May, 2018 when he was served with papers commencing divorce proceedings.