Brooke and Stephanie continued to clash over Donna. Brooke insisted that Eric needed to know all the facts but Stephanie called his relationship with Donna a "lame ass marriage." Ridge's call interrupted the women's argument and he asked Brooke to come home right away. Before leaving, Brooke advised Stephanie to let Eric make his own decision.

"I will never give up on us," Donna vowed to Eric. "You just have to have faith in our love." Eric asked why his wife couldn't wait until he came out of his coma and Donna explained how lonely and vulnerable she became while he was sick. She also shared that Ridge tried to take over the company and wanted Eric removed from the respirator. Eric seemed surprised by this news and Donna described how she became close to Owen when he supported her throughout her ordeals. Though Eric pointed out that he is different and older, Donna insisted that she loves him.

Brooke came home to find her bedroom adorned with lots and lots of lit candles. Ridge appeared and said they that he didn't want anything "to come between us ever again." They both agreed that they wouldn't let what's going on between Stephanie, Eric and Donna get in the way of their own happiness. Brooke then stripped and a revved up Ridge led her to their bed. After they had sex, Ridge wasn't pleased when Brooke dimmed their afterglow by predicting that Eric would forgive Donna and they would reconcile.

Stephanie and Thorne found the empty crate and figured out that Donna must have stowed away in it. They stormed into Eric's room to find Donna and Eric kissing. Thorne pulled her away from his dad. "What are you trying to do? Give him another heartache?" Steph questioned and escorted Donna downstairs. Donna blamed Steph and her kids for keeping her away from Eric. "You don't have anyone to blame but yourself," Steph tersely reminded; Donna countered that Eric still loves her. Donna tried to run back upstairs, but Thorne picked her up and physically pushed her out the front door. Upstairs, Eric could hear Donna scream how much she loves him.