Cindy grow close and begin a relationship. Stephanie Waring, who portrays Cindy, said the pair "bring out the best in each other". Pickard explained that when Cindy ends the relationship because he does not plan to marry her, his character is shocked that he "misses Cindy. They talk things through and, out of the blue, Tony proposes in jest. But Cindy goes along with it..." He explained that Tony is unaware of Cindy's true nature although he did suspect Cindy to be manipulating him for a while. Pickard added that Cindy will "want to get married as soon as possible before Tony can change his mind". He added that Cindy is "acting like she genuinely loves him and he desperately wants that love" so he remains unsuspicious towards her and her plans to scam him. Despite her plans, Pickard felt Cindy has "some feelings" for Tony. He felt that Tony has "fallen for her, yes. It surprises him but she's started to mean a lot to him. Cindy's smart and sexy and they're good together". Pickard felt that if his character discovered Cindy and Darren Osborne's (Ashley Taylor Dawson) plans to scam him he would be "furious but also he'd be really down about it. It would upset him to think they were trying to con him but he'd be angry with himself for being so gullible". He added that "Tony thinks would never have agreed to marry him if Darren still meant something to her".