Cassidy and Gabriel

Cassidy and Gabriel is the former friendship and now occasional rivalry seen in Carter Corp.

## Overview

Cassidy and Gabriel is the frequent rivalry between Cassidy Sparke and Gabriel Simons. Their relationship is semi-complicated but mostly simple. Gabriel and Cassidy were friends and work acquaintances that had a 1 night stand after Cassidy seduced Gabriel, but never actually dated or had "feelings" for each other.

Cassidy seems to have feelings for Gabriel and wants to be with him a lot, it's unknown if they're genuine or not, but Gabriel does not feel the same way and wanted to remain friends. The two seemed to trust each other and Cassidy would confide in him a lot, but the things she would tell Gabriel were mostly lies, and the two would hang out and go on business trips together. A few months after their one night stand, Gabriel met the player and began dating her which made Cassidy extremely jealous and she tried to break them up so she could have him for herself. Gabriel at the time had a hard time believing that Cassidy wasn't who she seemed to be and would defend her showing that he still trusted her.

In season 2 though, Gabriel saw Cassidy for who she was and her true colors and no longer liked her and was very annoyed any time she would try to talk to him or berate the player. Gabriel was disgusted with Cassidy when she tried to get the player fired for her work and for her revealing his and the player's relationship to Mark Leviels in hopes to get them in trouble. Mark didn't care about their relationship however and Gabriel was laughing at Cassidy's failed attempt to get him and the player in trouble.

In other routes like Colin Spencer's and Ryan Carter's, they have a mixed relationship. In Colin's route, they only have one interaction but Gabriel seems annoyed with Cassidy and defends the player from her in Starlite. In Ryan's route, Gabriel apparently slept with Cassidy as there were rumors about it, but the two don't actually have a relationship since Cassidy is engaged to someone else and don't really seem to be friends. In Daryl Ortega's story route, Gabriel defends the player from Cassidy once again when she tries to get her fired and is mad at Cassidy for doing so in the first place.

In the story routes like Colin and Daryl's it's possible that Gabriel has always seen Cassidy for who she was and just didn't like her, or that the two were seeing each other or sleeping together at a point in life, and ended things on bad terms which is why Gabriel doesn't like being around her or that she was coming in between him and another woman like in his story route. What is known though is that there is an animosity between the two that mostly falls on Gabriel, as Cassidy seems confused by it which means that she probably doesn't realize that her behavior is wrong and annoying him.

Cassidy does seem to actually have feelings for Gabriel sometimes and is hurt that he doesn't feel the same way, but these could be fake and she could want to be with him to further her career. Gabriel is one of the few people that can and will put Cassidy in her place since she has no power over him, and she is very annoyed and upset when her plans to get him in trouble don't work or when he corrects her behavior, especially considering their past. The two used to get along just fine and even slept together once, and Gabriel was probably Cassidy's only real friend, but Gabriel no longer likes Cassidy due to her behavior and doesn't like being around her and regrets sleeping with her deeply, which seems to anger her since she likes him.

## Trivia

* They are 2 of the 8 original characters.
* They both had Facebook accounts in the early versions of the game.
* They were the first protagonist-antagonist characters that had a past relationship going on.