After spending extensive time in Paris, Rick moved back to Los Angeles in the fall of 2011 and immediately took a disliking of his sister Hope's fiancé, Liam Spencer, whose marriage to Steffy Forrester recently ended. Rick then finds himself the object of ex-wife Amber Moore's affections and quickly resumes his relationship with her after she feeds him designs for a new Forrester line to label as his own. Brooke later hires a new designer, Caroline Spencer, to work with Rick. When Amber finds out, she becomes unnerved by the hiring and out of fear and jealousy, does everything she can to make sure Rick and Caroline do not become involved, in a professional or personal capacity. As part of her scheme, she begins to set it up to appear to Caroline that Rick is a cross dresser. When Caroline confides in Hope about her suspicions concerning Rick, Hope suspects that Amber may have something to do with it. When Rick realizes what Amber has done, he breaks off their relationship and makes it known to Caroline that he does not cross dress, putting Caroline's mind at ease.