 Thomas was said to have joined Steffy, Taylor and Ridge in Paris during fall 2013.Thomas (Pierson Fodé) returns in July 2015 to attend his cousin Aly's (Ashlyn Pearce) funeral and decides to stick around to support Steffy who is riddled with guilt being responsible for Aly's death.He wants to rejoin the design team at "Forrester Creations" but Ridge accuses him of not putting his all into his designs and wanting a handout because he is a Forrester.