A twist on this would be Jada refusing to take Eric’s “honorable” offer of a half-baked relationship. Please let one woman on this show have some self-respect! He obviously likes her but doesn’t love her. This isn’t 1950. She doesn’t have to marry Eric for him to support her through pregnancy and be a father to their child. She has a career of her own. And for her to suddenly believe he’s committed to her would be foolish and unrealistic. There’s still drama if she has his baby while he’s starting back up with Nicole. Even better would be if Jada and Rafe start something, Eric does his inevitable 180 on Nicole, and Nicole realizes what she gave up. (I like the character usually, but right now, I kind of want her punished a little.)
The only downside is that I want Rafe to be a dad, not the stepdad again. Still, this is a chance to do a super romantic love story for Rafe. Jada likes Eric, but I agree that she’s known he wasn’t entirely hers from the beginning and hasn’t shown that much attachment to him. She could fall hard for Rafe. That would be nice.