If Salem has anyone with the scheming skills to make the whole city tremble, it is E.J.

DiMera – a man of gentle exterior, but a cold storm inside.

When Johnny’s son married Chanel, E.J. never accepted.

He thought Chanel was “not of his class” and would drag the DiMera family’s reputation down.

And so, while Johnny and Chanel were busy with the adoption process, E.J. secretly hired a lawyer, investigated, and then filed an anonymous petition to stop it.

Everything was so sophisticated that no one suspected it. But behind the scenes, E.J. sat in his office, a glass of red wine in his hand, smiling half-heartedly: “My son needs to learn that love does not overcome power.”

His plan did not stop there. E.J. He also secretly approached Stephanie Johnson – who was in turmoil after the “exposure” – with an offer: “I can help you restore your reputation, in return… you rewrite the story in my favor.”

Stephanie was stunned. She understood that the price for this help was losing her soul. But with her career in ruins, could she refuse the temptation named E.J.?

Salem was entering its darkest phase, when everyone had secrets, and E.J. was the one pulling the strings for everyone to fall.