acquaintance of Quinn Fuller with whom he begins a brief romance. Eric welcomes his niece Ivy (Ashleigh Brewer), daughter of his brother John (Fred Willard) to Los Angeles and she and Quinn corroborate on a jewelry line. Eric decides to appoint Ridge CEO, but the discovery of a clandestine kiss between Caroline and Ridge leads him to appoint Rick. After Rick behaves horribly as CEO and Eric refuses to remove him, Ridge, Liam and Steffy use their stock to take over the company. Ridge is CEO, Steffy is President and Bill's son, Liam, is Vice-President. However when Ridge reveals to everyone that Thomas is the father to Caroline's son Douglas and that he lied about being the father to protect Caroline, Eric asks Ridge to step down and retakes his position as CEO. In 2016, Eric shocks his family when he reveals that he is dating Quinn Fuller. Ridge and Steffy disapprove of their relationship because of her recently kidnapping Liam, and her past history of hurting people. However Eric defends Quinn against his family, and tells them that she has changed. Eric proposes to Quinn, and wants his family at his wedding to show signs of forgiveness. Eric is heartbroken because none of his family show up at his wedding, except for Ivy. Quinn refuses to marry Eric because of his family not showing up and not wanting him to ruin his relationship with his family. Eric tells her that he loves her, and that they are still getting married. Eric and Quinn marry, and Eric later confronts his family for staging a boycott and reminds them of all of things that they have done but forgave them for. Eric lashes out at his family, to the point where he collapse due to a stroke. When Eric wakes up he sees Quinn and is happy to see her. Eric learns that their marriage was invalid, but ended up remarried with the approval of Wyatt. Eric still hopes that his family would accept Quinn. Eric is happy that everyone is getting along with Quinn especially Ridge. Eric's ex-wife Sheila Carter is in jail on suspicion of attempting to kill Quinn. Eric reminds Sheila that she hurt his family, and that he does not believe her trying to kill Quinn. It was revealed that Deacon Sharpe was the one who tried to kill Quinn due to drinking again and wanting revenge.