The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers reveal that Ian Ward (Ray Wise) will be as giddy as a schoolgirl when he realizes Claire Newman (Hayley Erin) is buddies with Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) and Tessa Porter (Cait Fairbanks).

As far as Ian’s concerned, this will be a beautiful opportunity for his agenda to align with Jordan’s (Colleen Zenk).

Although Jordan won’t see the benefits like Ian does, he’ll insist on exploiting this friendship anyway – especially when it comes to Tessa.

Unlike Mariah, Tessa won’t fly into panic and rage at the sight of Ian’s face.

Despite hearing all the horror stories of Mariah’s cult days, Tessa has never seen Ian or interacted with him.

With that in mind, Y&R spoilers say Ian will plan to strike up a bond with Tessa somehow.

Although Ian will point out how charming he can be, he may still need some sort of gimmick to get Tessa’s attention.

If Ian just behaved like he usually does, Tessa would probably just think some creepy old man was hitting on her – and she’d want no part of that for multiple reasons!

Could Ian take a page out of Jordan’s playbook and dip into his own bag of disguises?

Perhaps Ian could dress like he’s down on his luck and play homeless to score some sympathy.

Tessa used to be homeless herself, so she’d probably take pity on this poor, lonely stranger who needs a helping hand – especially this close to Christmas.

It’s easy to imagine Tessa finding Ian outside Society and inviting him in to warm up right after they close.

Tessa might hand over some free soup and coffee or something along those lines.

It’d give Ian a chance to tell some fake sob story and pretend that Tessa is his hero!

Tessa would feel connected to Ian and have compassion for him, so she’d fall right into the trap he’s setting.

No matter how things play out, Ian will indeed dupe Tessa during the week of December 16-20.

Tessa is about to get fooled and could give Ian another dangerous angle to work as a result.

The Young and the Restless spoilers say Tessa will get some shocking updates on who Ian really is down the road, so stick with us for all the stunning news and peril predictions to come.

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