Friday, June 23, 2006
Brooke visited Nick at his office so they could make up. She insisted the kiss with Ridge on the runway was strictly business. "I don't want anymore of these dramas," Nick fumed. "I feel like we're playing a game." Nick announced that one more incident and he's pulling out of the relationship. Brooke wasn't happy with the ultimatum, but she assured Nick everything would be okay, especially since she is going over to Forrester Creations to pick up the rest of her belongings. Nick feared she would just run into Ridge again, but Brooke explained how all the Forresters were attending Felicia's nups.

"I can't do this!" Felicia cried and declared that her wedding was ruined thanks to Bridget. Felicia stormed out in tears and Dante ran after her. "Why was she kissing you?" Felicia demanded to know and Dante admitted that Bridget wasn't fully to blame. Right on cue, Bridget showed up and apologized, but Felicia refused to offer forgiveness. Stephanie came in and overheard that Bridget smooched Dante just moments before the ceremony and wasn't happy. Bridget advised Felicia to admit that she had always known in her heart that Dante wanted to be with Bridget. Stephanie tried to escort Bridget out, but she wouldn't budge. Steph then reamed out Bridget for acting like her mother, as Brooke entered the room. "Don't you dare talk to my daughter that way!" Brooke yelled at Stephanie. "I knew it was only a matter of time until you showed your true colors." Felicia pointed out that Bridget gave Dante up. "You had your chance and you blew it," Felicia huffed and Bridget ran out, but Dante followed. "I can't deny the way I feel about you anymore," Bridget sobbed to him. "I am so completely in love with you." Of course, they kissed.

Thursday, June 22, 2006
A devastated Felicia backed out of the room before a smooching Bridget and Dante could see her. Bridget pulled away from him. "I can't do this to my sister," she lamented and begged Dante to go through with his wedding. He reluctantly agreed, then discovered Felicia waiting just outside the room, but she didn't reveal what she saw. After Dante left, Felicia started to confront her sister but Stephanie interrupted them. Bridget exited and an observant Steph asked what was going on. Felicia started to rat out Bridget, but an excited Eric burst into the room. "Are you ready?" he asked. "My two daughters, the bride and the maid of honor ... I will never forget this day." Stephanie was still perplexed as to what Felicia was about to say.

Stephen showed up at Taylor's house to say good-bye. "I wanted yours to be the last face I see when I leave town," he smiled. Taylor seemed depressed with his news that he was returning to Paris. Stephen apologized for causing any problems for Taylor and told her to call him if she ever needed help. "I'm going to miss you," Tay admitted and they kissed before he walked out the door.

The ceremony began and Felicia watched from the wings as Bridget walked to the altar and exchanged longing looks with Dante. Eric then escorted Felicia down the aisle, but she was plagued by images of Dante and Bridget kissing. When Felicia joined him, she caught her groom glimpsing at Bridget. As vows were exchanged, an emotional Bridget thought about happier times with Dante. But when Felicia observed Dante gazing at Bridget again, she couldn't hold it together any longer. "Your behavior today is appalling," Felicia screamed at Bridget. "You're my sister. You should be ashamed of yourself." With that, Felicia tossed her bouquet to the floor as the shocked guests looked on.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Stephen begged Brooke to stay away from Ridge for good. "If you're here to give me a fatherly lecture, you're years too late," she snapped. Stephen continued with his well-meaning advice, then scolded his daughter for letting Ridge kiss her on the runway. "You're poisoned by him," Stephen pointed out. "You're drowning and you don't even know it." Brooke resented her father for voicing his opinion and he announced he was leaving town. "Never forget, sweetheart, I love you," Stephen whispered and as he started to depart, Brooke told him, "I love you, too."

The Forrester showroom was decorated for Felicia's wedding. While Darla and Thorne checked on the caterers, Bridget presented her sister with the wedding dress their dad designed and Felicia was thrilled with the finished product. Felicia found the courage to ask Bridget if she still had feelings for Dante. "Speak now or forever hold your peace," Felicia urged. "I just need you to be honest with me." Bridget assured Felicia that she wasn't in love with Dante. "I don't want anything to ever come between us," Bridget insisted. "I love you. This is your day." The sisters hugged.

Dante flashed back to kissing Bridget. He then confessed to his father that he loves Bridget. Aldo shared how he was once torn between two women, however he chose to be with Dante's mother. Dante could tell that his pop never forgot the other woman and went to find Bridget; she wasn't happy to see him. Dante professed his love, but a shaken Bridget tried hard to resist him. "If you love me as much as you say you do then please leave me alone," she declared. Dante refused to go. "You are my life," Dante announced and pulled Bridget into a passionate kiss, just as Felicia walked in.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Back at home, Brooke pointed out to Nick that her runway smooch with Ridge will be splashed all over the fashion trades. Nick responded by laying his own passionate kiss on Brooke. He reassured her that they were okay but he took issue with Ridge's behavior. "It's our life that he's trying to destroy," Nick bellowed; he then ordered that Brooke no longer have anything to do with Forrester Creations. "That company is part of who I am," Brooke declared, but Nick wanted her to give up the obsession with proving herself to the Forresters. Despite her proposed safeguards with Ridge, Nick wasn't appeased. "I don't want to keep having the same argument," he groused and walked out.

"What in God's name do you think you were doing?" Bridget angrily demanded of Ridge but he was unapologetic of his actions on the runway with Brooke. "I'm fighting for the woman I love," Ridge reminded Bridget, but she insisted that Brooke's future is with Nick. Ridge predicted that Nick won't be able to tame a wild "mare" like Brooke and their relationship will fall apart. Ridge then headed over to Brooke's house and she was mad for him showing up. "Where is your heart?" he asked. "I know where it should be. It should be next to mine." Brooke ordered Ridge to stop, but he started playing on Nick's controlling ways.

Stephanie told Felicia that she was worried about Bridget and Dante's bond. Felicia blasted her mom for filling her head with doubts. "I think you're already there," Steph observed, but Felicia was secure in marrying Dante. Stephanie suggested her daughter visit Bridget and make sure she was completely over Dante.

Nick stormed into his office and was surprised to find his dad behind the desk. Massimo advised Nick to step aside and let Brooke and Ridge be together. "We'll see who is still standing in the end," Nick ranted but when he looked back, Massimo was gone. Was he just a hallucination? Bridget showed up and asked how things were left with Brooke. "I love your mother," he said. "I've got to make sure she knows that." Nick then called Brooke and interrupted her conversation with Ridge. Nick said he wanted her to be happy and after they hung up, Brooke asked Ridge to leave. She warned him not to take advantage of their working relationship again, but he vowed that they would be together again and kissed her tenderly on the cheek.

Monday, June 19, 2006
At the fashion show, Eric and Stephanie frenetically oversaw the operation backstage, while the crowd in the audience was enchanted by Brooke’s Bedroom designs. Ridge stood amid the stage curtains ogling Brooke, and asked Stephanie if the showstopper was ready. In the audience, Dante’s parents were overjoyed to see Dante’s designs displayed by the models, while Nick lamented to Bridget about having to watch Brooke run around in lingerie designed by her ex. Brooke returned from the stage and changed into her showstopper outfit. As Stephen and Jackie watched the show on TV, Stephen warned that whatever trick Ridge is planning to pull will happen soon, so Jackie and Stephen made a beeline to the show. Stephen and Jackie crashed the backstage area and pleaded with Brooke not to continue with the show because they suspected Ridge and the Forresters were up to no good. Eric and Stephanie intervened and ran interference while Ridge escorted Brooke to the curtains. Brooke went out on the runway and modeled the showstopper outfit, which was hotly received by the press and the audience. As the audience applauded, the other models joined Brooke onstage. As Ridge left to join them onstage, Stephen warned Ridge not to try anything. Ridge joined Brooke to thunderous applause. As the two stood and took their bow Ridge whispered to Brooke that it begins with a kiss, then pulled her into a passionate one. As a horrified Nick and Stephen looked on, Ridge made out with Brooke on the stage as the cameras snapped and the audience cheered. When he was finished kissing her, Brooke appeared like a deer caught in the headlights.

Nick jumped out of his seat while Ridge took Brooke by the hand to walk off the stage. Stephen flipped out and angrily accused Ridge of betraying Brooke. Brooke turned on her father and told him it was a fashion show and said the only person she needs to get away from is him. Nick arrived on the scene ready to punch out Ridge, but Eric and Thorne restrained him. Jackie admonished Ridge for the kiss. Eric said if Brooke and Nick can’t handle a staged kiss then they’ve got serious problems in their relationship. Ridge and Stephen faced off and Ridge ordered Stephen to obey his daughter’s wishes and leave for good. Stephen accused Ridge of being desperate. Ridge said the only on who’s desperate is Nick. The paparazzi approached Dante and Felicia about their engagement and impending nuptials while Bridget looked on from the sidelines. Felicia summoned Bridget to join them in the photo op. Afterward, Bridget flashed back to the night Dante proposed, and wished that she had given him a different answer at the time. Felicia thanked Bridget for helping her with the press, and declared how much she loved Bridget for how much they’ve been through together in the past several months.

Brooke took Nick aside and tried to cool him down. She insisted the kiss was a gimmick for sales and press, and that he needs to know she can separate between her public personal and her private life. Nick issued Brooke a stern ultimatum and demanded that Brooke decide once and for all between him and working for Ridge. Brooke insisted the kiss meant nothing to her. Nick said it meant a lot to him, and suggested that a part of Brooke actually enjoyed the kiss. Nick said that she allowed Ridge to make a fool of him. Brooke apologized and said she got carried away in the moment. Nick said they ought to be able to count on each other. Brooke reassured Nick that he can count on her, and said she loves him and doesn’t want to lose him. Brooke asked Nick for his forgiveness, and Nick kissed and hugged her.

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