The moment college student Brooke Logan laid eyes on rich playboy Ridge Forrester, she knew she wanted him and thought she could get him (via Soaps In Depth). However, he was already involved with the sweet and seemingly-perfect Caroline Spencer. While Brooke managed to get Ridge into bed, thinking she finally landed her man, he chose Caroline in the end and Ridge's father, Eric Forrester, was there to lend comfort.

That comfort turned out to be more than just a listening ear and Brooke and Eric slept together despite the fact that he was already married to Stephanie. When Brooke found herself pregnant, she wanted to end the pregnancy, but Eric insisted on divorcing Stephanie and marrying Brooke. Soon their son, Eric "Rick" Forrester Jr. was born and they seemed to be a happy couple. However, after Caroline died from cancer, Ridge was free and looked pretty good to Brooke.