▁marriage ▁ends . ▁She ▁then ▁falls ▁rom ant ically ▁for ▁Kurt ▁Cost ner ▁( Le igh ▁McC los key ), ▁who ▁is ▁shot ▁saving ▁her ▁from ▁m ug gers . ▁The ▁rom ance ▁is ▁short - l ived , ▁as ▁Kurt ▁leaves ▁Ash ley ▁to ▁be ▁with ▁Victor ' s ▁ex - w ife ▁Hope ▁Wilson ▁( Sign y ▁Cole man ). ▁Ash ley ▁nearly ▁eng ages ▁in ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁Victoria ' s ▁husband ▁Cole ▁Howard ▁( J . ▁Edd ie ▁Pe ck ), ▁an ▁author ▁who ▁is ▁writing ▁a ▁novel ▁about ▁her ▁life , ▁which ▁requires ▁them ▁to ▁spend ▁time ▁together . ▁After ▁Victoria ' s ▁pre gn ancy ▁results ▁in ▁a ▁still born ▁baby , ▁Cole ▁divor ces ▁her ▁and ▁mar ries ▁Ash ley . ▁The ▁marriage ▁suff ers ▁a ▁rough ▁patch ▁when ▁Ash ley ▁travel s ▁to ▁Madrid ▁to ▁help ▁her ▁step bro ther ▁Rafael ▁Del g ado ▁( Car los ▁Bernard ), ▁who ▁is ▁dealing ▁with ▁dangerous ▁customers ▁after ▁s elling ▁them ▁for ged ▁paint ings . ▁Cole ▁assumes ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁having ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁Rafael , ▁una ware ▁of ▁who ▁he ▁is . ▁During ▁this , ▁Victoria ▁attempts ▁to ▁sab ot age ▁the ▁marriage . ▁Ult imately , ▁upon ▁Ash ley ' s ▁return ▁to ▁Gen oa ▁City , ▁the ▁couple ▁divor ce . ▁ ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁one ▁of ▁Jack ' s ▁former ▁lo vers ▁and ▁Victor ' s ▁latest ▁ex - w ife , ▁D iane ▁Jenkins ▁( Alex ▁D