5 , ▁ 1 4 - year - old ▁Cass ie ▁was ▁killed ▁in ▁a ▁car ▁accident ▁after ▁attempting ▁to ▁drive ▁d run ken ▁Daniel ▁Rom al otti ▁( Michael ▁Gra zia de i ) ▁home . ▁Nick ▁became ▁distant ▁from ▁Sh aron , ▁causing ▁Sh aron ▁to ▁become ▁close ▁to ▁Brad ▁Carl ton ▁( Don ▁Diam ont ), ▁who ▁she ▁worked ▁with ▁while ▁being ▁a ▁sp ok esp erson ▁for ▁New man ▁Enter pr ises ' ▁Beaut y ▁of ▁Nature ▁cos met ics ▁line . ▁Nick ▁also ▁in ched ▁closer ▁to ▁a ▁co - worker , ▁Ph yll is ▁Sum mers ▁( Mich elle ▁Staff ord ). ▁Sh aron ▁and ▁Brad ▁shared ▁a ▁kiss , ▁but ▁she ▁conf essed ▁it ▁to ▁Nick , ▁wanting ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁her ▁marriage . ▁However , ▁Nick ▁was ▁having ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁Ph yll is . ▁When ▁Sh aron ▁failed ▁to ▁commit ▁to ▁him , ▁Brad ▁proposed ▁to ▁Nick ' s ▁sister ▁Victoria ▁New man ▁( Am elia ▁Hein le ) ▁instead . ▁ ▁Sh aron ▁was ▁fur ious ▁when ▁she ▁found ▁out ▁about ▁Nick ' s ▁affair ▁with ▁Ph yll is . ▁Despite ▁this , ▁the ▁couple ▁remained ▁together ▁and ▁eventually ▁decided ▁to ▁stay ▁married . ▁Ph yll is ▁became ▁pre gn ant ▁with ▁Nick ' s ▁child . ▁Sh aron ▁asked ▁Nick ▁for ▁a ▁divor ce ▁and ▁they ▁ended ▁their ▁marriage ; ▁he ▁moved ▁on ▁and ▁married ▁Ph yll is . ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Nick ▁and ▁Ph yll is