Will the Newman heiress and Abbott heir face an uphill battle to love?
Flowers may not be the only thing in bloom this spring, as The Young and the Restless canvas could soon see another couple in Genoa City. Of course, we mean Kyle (Michael Mealor) and Claire (Hayley Erin).
When the two officially met during the week of March 18, in a chance encounter at Crimson Lights, it seemed as if Kyle grew an instant fondness for the recent Newman addition. While he was mostly drawn in by her ability to win over Harrison (Kellen Enriquez), he also seemed to enjoy her friendly demeanor.
From Claire’s perspective, she just appeared happy to meet people (Summer [Allison Lanier] was also present) who didn’t know of her sordid past kidnapping Victor (Eric Braeden), Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Nick (Joshua Morrow). After everything that’s happened involving the chaos with Jordan (Colleen Zenk), we imagine it would feel pretty good to have people look at you with kind eyes not biased by knowledge of your heinous past deeds.
Following their encounter, Kyle was at the very least prepared to see Claire on a frequent basis as he shared with Summer his desire to ask Claire to become Harrison’s babysitter. Although she never stated she wanted the job, Claire has mentioned a few times now that she loves working with kids, so Kyle just assumed it would be a natural fit for her.
Unfortunately, Summer opted to do a deep dive into her cousin’s past, and after talking to her father and grandfather, she was adamant that Claire not be hired. So for some, not us, it seemed like the possibility of Claire working for the Abbotts was null and void.
Then in The Young and the Restless episode airing on March 28, Kyle and Claire have another chance encounter, this time at Society. They exchange pleasantries, with Kyle trying to learn more about Claire, until it becomes obvious that Kyle is caught up to speed on Claire’s murky history. Claire calls him out on acting differently, and Kyle cops to hearing her story. However, he then does something that serves as a major clue that a love connection is on the horizon — he smiles and offers to hear her side of things.
Although the episode cuts off shortly thereafter, that’s all we needed to see to
