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If you thought Cane Ashby’s return to The Young and the Restless was going to be a polite wave hello and a couple of martinis at the GCAC, think again. The man is barely unpacked and already neck-deep in secret calls from Victor Newman, shady toasts with Phyllis Summers, and plotting corporate break-ins like they’re ordering dessert.
Cane and Phyllis Are Cooking Up Trouble
Let’s start with the fact that Cane (Billy Flynn) got the late-night summons from Victor (Eric Braeden) — which in Genoa City terms is basically an engraved invitation to trouble. Phyllis (Michelle Stafford), never one to miss an opening, immediately wanted the details. But instead of getting answers, she got Cane’s sly acknowledgment of just how relentless she can be. Which, let’s face it, is both an insult and a compliment when it comes to Phyllis.
And then — the toast. Not to friendship. Not to business. But to an “exciting and unexpected collaboration.” Translation: these two are about to light a match and throw it straight into the corporate powder keg of Jabot, Chancellor, Winters, and Newman. Yes, all of them. Cane actually wants Phyllis to hack into the major companies in town like she’s running a Black Friday sale on stolen trade secrets.
Phyllis & Cane’s Dangerous Game
The banter between them? Absolutely dripping with mutual distrust and low-key flirting. Cane basically admits he likes “the game” and plans to keep testing Phyllis, while she warns him that nobody plays her and walks away unscathed. These two are so shady together it’s practically solar eclipse levels of darkness.
Cane wants clear expectations. Phyllis wants less business jargon and more “real talk.” So here’s the real talk: Cane’s plan is basically corporate espionage on steroids. Phyllis doesn’t even get the shopping list until they’re inside, which is equal parts genius and suspicious.
And the cherry on top? Cane’s off to see Victor but claims he can’t bring a plus one. Not even Phyllis. Which, in my book, is either because the meeting is about her, or because he’s about to cut a deal that could change everything they’ve just schemed up.
So, who’s getting burned first? Will they actually pull off a digital smash-and-grab on Genoa City’s biggest empires? Or will one of them turn on the other before the first firewall falls? With these two, the only thing certain is that somebody’s about to need a very good lawyer.
