1985 (#21) - Marc's shares, the feeling between Ashley and Victor, Nikki's loneliness

After Brent's painful death, which revealed the secret of Ashley's fatherhood, Dina visits Victor to thank him for his valuable contribution and support in finding Ashley. Taking advantage of the fact that her son Marc wants to leave Genoa City and leave the Mergeron property, Dina then decides to sell Marc's shares, equal to 49% of the Mergeron, to Victor as a gratitude; the man gladly accepts, happy to work even closer with Ashley, being Abbott and Mergeron obviously connected and in close relationship. In fact, Victor and Ashley, after the past misadventure, find themselves more united than ever before and begin to nourish mutual feelings. Nikki, after all, feels that her marriage to Victor is not moving forward as she had hoped and that the love between the two is already wearing thin, as is their understanding. Feeling further and further away from Victor, Nikki becomes more and more jealous and annoyed that Victor is neglecting her more and more for work reasons. Ashley, in turn, feels uncomfortable hanging out with a married man like Victor and asks the man to forget about her, despite the fact that the two of them can't stay away from each other.