Will Abby Cheat on Devon With Daniel—and Destroy Another Marriage Exactly the Same Way?

🚨 ABBY’S MARRIAGE IS STARTING TO LOOK DISTURBINGLY FAMILIAR! 😱 Abby desperately wants to save what she has with Devon, but the husband standing beside her increasingly feels miles away. Devon is shutting down emotionally, Abby is growing lonelier by the day—and suddenly Daniel Romalotti is becoming the man who actually listens to her. Longtime Y&R viewers have seen this pattern before. Abby felt abandoned by Chance, turned to Devon for comfort, and one forbidden encounter helped destroy her marriage. Now the roles may be reversing, with Devon potentially becoming the betrayed husband and Daniel becoming Abby’s next dangerous temptation.

Key Takeaways

• 💔 Devon continues emotionally withdrawing from Abby as pressure surrounding Dominic and Mariah weighs on him.
• 😢 Abby repeatedly tries to reach her husband but feels increasingly shut out.
• 🔄 The situation strongly echoes Abby’s deteriorating marriage to Chance.
• 🔥 Abby previously found comfort with Devon when Chance became emotionally unavailable.
• 👀 Daniel is now entering Abby’s orbit at precisely the moment she’s feeling most alone.
• ❤️ Abby and Daniel share romantic history, making their renewed closeness potentially dangerous.
• 🤫 Emotional conversations could gradually become an emotional affair before either recognizes what’s happening.
• 💋 One vulnerable night could be enough for Abby and Daniel to cross the line.
• 😡 Devon would face the cruel irony of experiencing essentially the same betrayal that once brought him and Abby together.
• 💍 Another affair could finally push Abby and Devon toward divorce.

Abby Newman-Abbott has seen this movie before.

The only difference?

The husband has changed.

When Abby married Devon, she believed she had finally found the stability that had repeatedly escaped her.

Their relationship wasn’t built entirely on fantasy.

They understood each other.

They shared Dominic.

They had already survived complicated family dynamics.

And after everything that happened with Chance, Devon seemed like the man who truly understood what Abby needed emotionally.

But now that foundation is beginning to crack.

Devon is struggling.

Dominic’s kidnapping left emotional damage that didn’t simply disappear once the immediate crisis ended.

Then came the complicated situation surrounding Mariah.

Devon’s anger initially gave him somewhere to put those emotions.

But anger can only carry someone for so long.

Now he’s doing something Abby finds even more frightening.

He’s shutting down.

Abby tries to talk.

Devon says he’s fine.

She asks what’s bothering him.

He changes the subject.

She tells him they should face whatever is happening together.

Devon retreats even further.

And eventually Abby begins wondering whether she’s still married to the man she fell in love with—or simply living beside him.

That’s when history begins repeating itself.

Because Abby has been here before.

Chance returned from Spain carrying enormous emotional trauma.

Abby desperately wanted her husband back.

But physically returning home didn’t mean Chance had emotionally returned to their marriage.

She tried reaching him.

She tried understanding him.

She tried being patient.

Eventually, loneliness became resentment.

And then Devon became the person who listened.

One moment of emotional vulnerability turned physical.

Abby and Devon slept together.

Chance discovered the betrayal.

And the marriage Abby once believed would last forever was essentially finished.

Now imagine Abby slowly realizing something horrifying.

Devon is becoming Chance.

Not literally, of course.

But emotionally?

The similarities could become impossible for her to ignore.

She could even confront Devon with exactly that comparison.

“I watched Chance disappear while he was standing right in front of me. I’m not doing that again.”

That statement could hit Devon hard.

But instead of bringing him closer, it might make him defensive.

He could accuse Abby of comparing him to her ex-husband.

Abby could insist she’s simply frightened.

Devon could walk away.

And once again…

Abby is alone.

Except this time, Daniel Romalotti is there.

Daniel doesn’t initially need to be pursuing Abby.

That’s what could make the story far more believable.

Perhaps he simply notices she’s struggling.

He asks if she’s okay.

Abby automatically says yes.

Daniel looks at her and responds:

“No, you’re not.”

Those four words could be enough.

Suddenly Abby is telling Daniel things she can’t tell Devon.

She talks about Dominic.

She talks about how frightened she is that her marriage is slipping away.

She admits she doesn’t know how to reach her husband anymore.

And Daniel listens.

He doesn’t immediately give her advice.

He doesn’t judge.

He simply understands.

That’s where the danger begins.

Because affairs rarely begin with a kiss.

Sometimes they begin with a conversation you’re more excited to have with somebody else than with your spouse.

Abby starts looking forward to seeing Daniel.

She texts him when something happens.

When Devon shuts her out, Daniel becomes the first person she wants to call.

Daniel starts doing the same.

Neither calls it cheating.

They’re friends.

That’s all.

Until someone notices.

Perhaps Lily sees Abby and Daniel sitting together.

They’re laughing.

Abby looks happier than Lily has seen her in weeks.

At first, Lily thinks nothing of it.

Then she notices Daniel touching Abby’s hand.

Only briefly.

But long enough.

Lily could quietly warn Daniel:

“You know where this is going.”

Daniel denies it.

Abby is married.

He’s not trying to interfere.

But denying an attraction doesn’t necessarily make it disappear.

And Daniel brings something particularly dangerous into this equation.

History.

Abby and Daniel aren’t complete strangers suddenly discovering chemistry.

They have romantic history.

That means there’s already a foundation underneath whatever begins developing now.

Old memories could return.

Old attraction could return.

And when two people are emotionally vulnerable, nostalgia can become incredibly powerful.

Then comes the night that changes everything.

Devon and Abby have another argument.

Abby begs him to let her in.

Devon tells her he needs space.

Maybe he even leaves.

Abby is devastated.

Daniel finds her afterward.

She tries to pretend she’s okay.

She isn’t.

He comforts her.

Abby begins crying.

Daniel pulls her into his arms.

Nothing inappropriate has happened yet.

Then they separate.

Their faces remain inches apart.

Neither moves.

Abby knows exactly what this moment resembles.

She remembers Devon.

She remembers Chance.

She knows what one kiss could cost her.

Daniel whispers that they should stop.

Abby agrees.

But neither steps away.

And then…

they kiss.

If Y&R wants maximum irony, that kiss could become the beginning of Devon’s worst nightmare.

Because eventually Devon could discover Abby’s betrayal almost exactly as Chance discovered theirs.

Imagine Devon walking into a room unexpectedly.

Abby pulls away from Daniel.

Too late.

Devon sees everything.

Silence.

Then comes the devastating realization.

Years earlier, Devon was standing on the other side of this equation.

He was the man Abby turned toward when her marriage became emotionally empty.

Now he’s the husband being betrayed.

And Devon could throw the truth directly into Abby’s face:

“So this is what Chance felt.”

Abby wouldn’t have an answer.

Because he’d be right.

That doesn’t necessarily make Devon innocent.

His emotional withdrawal helped create the distance.

But distance isn’t permission to cheat.

And Abby would know that better than almost anyone.

That’s what could make this storyline particularly painful.

Abby isn’t some inexperienced woman accidentally repeating a mistake.

She knows exactly what infidelity can destroy.

She’s already watched one marriage collapse because she crossed that boundary.

Doing it again would force her to confront an uncomfortable question:

Is the problem really the men Abby marries—or does Abby repeatedly look outside her marriage whenever she feels emotionally abandoned?

Devon would be asking himself equally difficult questions.

Did he push Abby away?

Could he have prevented this by trusting her with what he was feeling?

And perhaps most painfully:

Does he have the right to act morally outraged when their own relationship began through betrayal?

That could produce some incredible confrontations.

Chance could even become part of the fallout.

Imagine him learning Abby cheated on Devon with Daniel.

His reaction might not be satisfaction.

It might simply be sadness.

Because Chance understands exactly what Devon is experiencing.

And suddenly the two men who once stood on opposite sides of Abby’s betrayal would share something neither ever wanted in common.

Meanwhile, Daniel could face consequences of his own.

He may tell himself that Abby’s marriage was already broken.

But once the scandal explodes through Genoa City, everyone will have an opinion.

The Newmans.

The Abbotts.

The Winters family.

And especially people who remember exactly how Abby and Devon began.

But there is still another possibility.

Perhaps Y&R takes Abby right to the edge…

and lets her stop.

Maybe Daniel leans toward her.

Abby almost kisses him.

Then she remembers what happened to Chance.

She pulls away.

She tells Daniel:

“I already destroyed one marriage this way. I’m not destroying another.”

That could become the moment Abby finally breaks the cycle.

Instead of running toward Daniel, she goes home and forces Devon to confront the reality of their marriage.

Either he lets her back in…

or they admit they’re already finished.

Because the real threat to Abby and Devon may not ultimately be Daniel.

Daniel could simply be the symptom.

The real danger is the silence growing between husband and wife.

And if Devon doesn’t break that silence soon, history may not merely repeat itself.

It could punish both of them for how their relationship began.

Do you think Abby will actually cheat on Devon with Daniel, or will she recognize the similarities to her affair with Devon before it’s too late? And if Abby does cross the line, would Devon have any right to condemn her when their own romance began with Abby cheating on Chance?