Ridge Forrester and the other woman in his life, Taylor Hayes, met under tragic and sad circumstances just as Ridge learned his first wife, Caroline Spencer Forrester, was dying from leukemia. Caroline had tasked her rival for Ridge, Brooke, to tell Ridge what was going on because she couldn't face doing it herself.
So, one night, Brooke asked Ridge to dinner to gently inform him that his wife was losing her battle with cancer and that she had asked Brooke to look after him when she was gone.
A stunned Ridge could barely believe what he was hearing, but, then, Dr. Taylor Hayes walked in and introduced herself as Caroline's doctor and confirmed everything that Brooke was telling him. Although Brooke's heart hurt for Caroline, she thought this meant she could finally have Ridge to herself, but that was the furthest thing from the truth (via Soap Hub).
After Caroline's death, Taylor was revealed to also be a psychiatrist and was there for Ridge to talk to professionally, according to Soaps in Depth. Yes, Brooke thought she could have Ridge, but she forgot that she was already married to Ridge's father, Eric Forrester (John McCook). So, Ridge began to fall for Taylor.
Of course, it wasn't a smooth road to love because Brooke wanted to forget she was married to Eric.
