"Eric doesn't know that Nicole married for the money, not love. At least not yet. He doesn't want to believe that she would do something like that. He believes that she loves him and he believes in their love. She was his first real love. He fell for her and he fell hard, so it's difficult for him to just dust himself off and pick himself up and start all over. He really doesn't want to do that. It's hard to tell, but I think she still has feelings for him, and she is going to have a hard time dealing with the fact that she made the decision to marry Lucas.Whether she goes back to Eric or not is one thing, but once Eric finds out the truth and comes to grips with the situation, I doubt that he'll ever be able to trust her again. He'll be pretty upset with the whole situation. He just won't be able to believe that she would betray him like that, that she would be so shallow."
Eric is so in love with Nicole that he
couldn't
believe she'd betray his trust, says Ackles.
DAY OF OUR LIVES' Eric may not have much luck in the love department, but off screen, Jensen Ackles couldn't be happier. The actor has been seeing Lisa Rideg, a publicist for Warner Brothers, for over a year-and-a-half. The happy couple recently spent a fun week in New York City taking in the sights and seeing top-rated Broadway shows.
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-Taken from the July 20, 1999 issue of Soap Opera Update
