In later years (after leaving Amber) he had a failed relationship with Caitlin Ramirez. In 2006, he left Los Angeles for Forrester Creations business. Upon returning, Rick began dating Ridge's daughter Phoebe Forrester. When Phoebe refused to have sex with him, Rick cheated on her with his former lover Ashley Abbott, leading him and Phoebe to break up. Rick then seduced and began a relationship with Ridge's ex-wife and Phoebe's mother, Dr Taylor Hayes. When Taylor dumped him because of her unresolved feelings for Ridge, he started a fight and fell off a building and faked being paralyzed to gain sympathy and have his mother kick Ridge out of the house. In December 2008, Rick and Phoebe are in a car accident on the way to Ridge and Brooke's rehearsal dinner, and Phoebe dies. After Phoebe's death, Rick began seeing her sister Steffy Forrester at the same time he was being stalked by her brother Thomas Forrester. Steffy left him when it was revealed that he had only been with Phoebe, Taylor and Steffy to get back at Ridge, in a twisted revenge plot based on harboring a lifetime of resentment against Ridge. Rick then faded to the background, spending a lot of time in Paris. Rick soon became intrigued by Jacqueline Payne Marone, and tried to woo her away from her husband, Owen Knight, even going so far as to propose, but Jackie remained true to her husband. After spending extensive time in Paris, Rick moved back to Los Angeles in the fall of 2011 and immediately took a disliking of his sister Hope's fiancé, Liam Spencer, whose marriage to Steffy Forrester recently ended. Rick then finds himself the object of ex-wife Amber Moore's affections and quickly resumes his relationship with her after she feeds him designs for a new Forrester line to label as his own. Brooke later hires a new designer, Caroline Spencer, to work with Rick. When Amber finds out, she becomes unnerved by the hiring and out of fear and jealousy, does everything she can to make sure Rick and Caroline do not become involved, in a professional or personal capacity. As part of her scheme, she begins to set it up to appear to Caroline that Rick is a cross dresser. When Caroline confides in Hope about her suspicions concerning Rick, Hope suspects that Amber may have something to do with it. When Rick realizes what Amber has done, he breaks off their relationship and makes it known to Caroline that he does not cross dress, putting Caroline's mind at ease.