HOLD ON TIGHT, GENOA CITY! The Young and the Restless is bringing the heat with two explosive storylines that will leave you breathless! Chelsea Lawson (Melissa Claire Egan) walks into Victor Newman’s (Eric Braeden) office with a DANGEROUS PROPOSITION: she’ll EXPOSE DUMAS’S TRUE IDENTITY if Victor helps her take down Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson)! But there’s a shocking twist: Chelsea’s got it DEAD WRONG about who Dumas really is… setting her up for a major fall!

Meanwhile, Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) is drowning in GUILT after her interference gets Damian (Sean Dominic) and Holden (Ryan Jacob Smith) FIRED from Dumas’s company! This leads to a TENSE, UNFORGETTABLE SHOWDOWN at the exclusive Paris party, where secrets, anger, and betrayal ignite! Can Lily mend fences, or will her friendships be shattered forever?

Genoa City is a powder keg of ambition, betrayal, and high-stakes gambles, with every character fighting for survival and control! Two major storylines are set to ignite, promising an episode packed with revelations and devastating consequences.

CHELSEA’S RISKY DEAL: EXPOSING DUMAS (OR SO SHE THINKS)!

In a tense, high-stakes meeting, Chelsea Lawson sits across from Victor Newman, ready to play her biggest card yet! Believing she holds the key to the mysterious Aristotle Dumas’s identity, Chelsea offers Victor a shocking trade: Dumas’s secret for Billy Abbott’s downfall! Victor, always the master manipulator, listens with cold skepticism, daring Chelsea to prove her claims.

But here’s the explosive twist: Chelsea’s got it fatally wrong! She’s convinced Dumas is one thing, only to slowly realize the shocking truth she overlooked: the puppet master is none other than Cain Ashb (Billy Flynn)! This massive miscalculation puts Chelsea in a precarious position, facing Victor’s suspicion and the wrath of the very man she’s trying to expose. As Billy Flynn returns to unleash Cain Ashb/Dumas as a formidable opponent, Chelsea’s initial confidence crumbles. Can she recover and form a desperate alliance with Victor, or will her blunder lead to her ultimate downfall?

LILY’S GUILT: FIRED FRIENDS & PARIS PARTY SHOWDOWN!

Lily Winters is about to learn that even the best intentions can lead to disaster! Drowning in guilt, Lily inadvertently caused Damian (Sean Dominic) and Holden (Ryan Jacob Smith) to lose their jobs at Dumas’s company through her well-meaning but misguided interference. While Damian seems to take it in stride (thankfully, his mother Amy Lewis is moving back to Genoa City), Holden is seething with anger and betrayal!

The tension boils over when Lily receives an invitation to the exclusive Dumas party in Paris. She sees it as a chance to make amends, but who should she invite? The seemingly forgiving Damian, or the furious Holden, who feels deeply wronged? The decision is fraught with emotional peril, especially with Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) – Holden’s ex-lover – also set to be at the party, adding another layer of volatile drama! When Lily, Damian, and Holden inevitably come face-to-face in Paris, the air will crackle with unresolved conflict, shattered trust, and the desperate hope for redemption. Can Lily fix the irreparable damage, or will her friendships be forever broken by her actions?

These intertwined plots promise an episode of The Young and the Restless packed with unexpected revelations, emotional confrontations, and high-stakes power plays that will leave viewers on the edge of their seats!