(Married on August 19, 1991.
Divorced on February 20, 1992.
Remarried on October 11, 1994.
Divorced on January 16, 1996.)
Paulina was the love of Jake's life. She is the only woman in his life to have ever stood up to him and not let him get away with anything.
Their first year together was anything but romantic. In 1990, Jake
had been hired by Iris Wheeler (Paulina's half-sister) to investigate
Paulina and her claim of being a Cory. In order to get sufficiently
close to her and get her to trust him, Jake ended up having to sleep
with her.
His plan worked though. He had
uncovered evidence that demonstrated
significant doubt that Paulina was Mac Cory's daughter. He
attempted to blackmail her with the information. In a panic, and mad
with rage, Paulina shot Jake in his studio in October 1990.
When he woke up from his coma five
months later, he proceeded to blackmail
her. Jake quickly gambled away all the money he was able to
squeeze out of Paulina.
Jake wanted to get his hands on the
inheritance that Paulina would get when
she married. He told her he would
reveal that it had been she who shot him unless she married him.
Afraid of the law and of ruining the family name, she agreed. They
were married in August 1991.
Their marriage was a sham. They never
once slept together in the time they had to wait until the inheritance
came through. Before that time came, though, Paulina had had
enough. She admitted her crime to the police. Freed from under
Jake's thumb, she divorced him in February 1992.
During their marriage they had come to
respect each other and had even fallen
in love. By the summer of 1992, they came together. Throughout the
next year, they had many rocky moments, but their love pulled them
through. Their most formidable opponent was Rachel Cory,
Paulina's step-mother. Rachel hated
Jake, and hated the idea of him and
Paulina being together.
In 1993, Jake and Paulina got engaged. During their engagement,
Jake got an offer from Spencer Harrison that he couldn't refuse: the
opportunity to wage a hostile takeover of Cory Publishing. The day
before the wedding, Paulina discovered that Jake was behind the anonymous attempt on her
family's company. Heartbroken, she broke off with Jake.
During the next year, they both tried to get on with their lives and
start new relationships. Jake didn't have much success, but Paulina
had a lengthy relationship with Ian Rain. In June 1994, Jake and
Paulina were stranded in the wild. Forced to rely on each other for
survival, they came to rediscover their love for each other. They
rebuilt their relationship and were married in October of that year.