Louis Goodridge, a manipulative gigolo, orchestrated his rise by exploiting Yvonne Smith's vulnerability. He convinced her to spend a night with Chris Hensley, resulting in an unwanted pregnancy, and then manipulated her into marrying him to maintain control. After five years of manipulation, Louis revealed the lie that their child had died, but only to use it as a means to pressure Yvonne into accepting his divorce, abandoning his own family to pursue another woman.