s ▁brother ▁Nathan ▁about ▁Charlotte ' s ▁pat ern ity . ▁Val entin ▁begins ▁to ▁purs ue ▁N ina ▁rom ant ically , ▁the ▁two ▁sleep ing ▁together ▁when ▁she ▁becomes ▁str and ed ▁on ▁his ▁island . ▁N ina ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁she ▁sees ▁a ▁vulner able , ▁good ▁side ▁to ▁Val entin ▁and ▁ad ores ▁his ▁daughter ▁Charlotte , ▁a ▁little ▁girl ▁she ▁now ▁bel ieves ▁is ▁mother less ▁after ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁death ▁of ▁Claud ette ▁( last ▁seen ▁board ing ▁a ▁plane ▁with ▁Val entin ). ▁In ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁following ▁Nik olas ' ▁return ▁the ▁previous ▁year , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁Val entin ▁is ▁not ▁Mik k os ' ▁son , ▁but ▁in ▁fact ▁Hel ena ' s , ▁thus ▁dis in her iting ▁him ▁as ▁the ▁he ir ▁of ▁the ▁Cass ad ine ▁family ▁fortune . ▁ ▁Development ▁ ▁Cre ation ▁and ▁casting ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Matt ▁Bor l eng hi , ▁best ▁known ▁to ▁day time ▁view ers ▁for ▁his ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Brian ▁Bod ine ▁on ▁All ▁My ▁Children ▁had ▁been ▁cast ▁in ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Val entin ▁Cass ad ine . ▁Bor l eng hi ▁expressed ▁his ▁excitement ▁about ▁joining ▁the ▁cast , ▁adm itting ▁that ▁he ▁always ▁wanted ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁series ; ▁" I ▁can ' t ▁imagine ▁anywhere ▁I ' d ▁rather ▁be ▁right ▁now " ▁he ▁continued . ▁The ▁actor ▁further ▁stated