Ridge had always looked at his cousin Darian differently when he found out the type of relationship he had. He hadn't been against it. He just hadn't seen the appeal until he met Ellie. Her sweetness and innocence went to his head, and he found he couldn't go home without her.

Ellie was trying to find her place in the world and was getting more desperate as time passed. When she met Ridge, she was instantly attracted, but he was in a different stratosphere than she would ever be, and he lived hours away from her friends.

When circumstances threw them together, Ridge knew she was his. He just had to get her to believe it and hope the enemies of the past wouldn't destroy what they had.