"Stop it you two!" screamed Brooke, who pulled the lip-locking Taylor and Rick apart, then slapped Taylor. Brooke accused Taylor of trying to take her son because Taylor feels Brooke took away Jack. Taylor defended that she didn't operate like Brooke with "schemes and manipulations." Taylor then told Rick that she was "honored and flattered" for the feelings he had for her. "I do care deeply for you too," she admitted and Brooke looked like she wanted to throw up. After Brooke left, Taylor asked Rick if he was just using her to rile his mother so he kissed Taylor again. "I think about you every second of every day," Rick declared. "I have fallen in love with you." He took her into a passionate kiss and they sank onto the sofa.

Knowing that Ashley was jetting off to Genoa City for her brother's party, Ridge told her not to get any "funny ideas" about moving back home. Ashley assured that "things are far too interesting in Los Angeles." The exes shared a warm moment and Ashley left to board her L.A.-bound plane. Brooke rushed over to Ridge and blabbed that Taylor has seduced Rick. Ridge thought Brooke was being overdramatic. "This is absolutely sick!" she shrieked.

Katie said that Nick was afraid to commit. He pointed out that he just got out of a relationship and wasn't eager to rush into another. Katie then worried that Bridget was headed for heartbreak. "You should've thought about that before you slept with her," Katie admonished Nick. When he was out of the room, an elated Bridget arrived and thanked her aunt for pushing her to pursue Nick. "I was just living in fear, not going after what I wanted but you convinced me that it's okay," Bridget gushed, while Katie looked guilty.