Tess would go onto be his mistress until her graduation from college with a degree in art history. It would be when her best friend Kathleen had a mental break from being raped and Jackie finding out about the affair that would push from America. Phoebe ashamed of Tess action gave her a lump sum and told her never to come back to Atlas Falls. Fitz had no choice but to go along with her or lose his wife. Tess and Lowell’s affair wasn’t over at all though. He traveled to Paris and London the two homes he bought for her. They carried on a secret relationship that led to Tess giving birth to Bliss named after her father’s last name. Bliss was her joy and Tess loved when they spent time as a family. At the age of nine Bliss would be sent away to boarding school and Tess would move to Spain. This was due to Lowell breaking up with her. Heartbroken Tess would go on a marriage spree as she calls it. Marrying three different men in the span of ten years. Each one meant something to her but none have given her what Lowell did. Now after her father’s death and mother’s Alzheimer’s she has been given a chance to takeover their spot on the board of directors at DGI. Not only that but she’s here to reclaim her future with the man she loved deeply Lowell Devonshire.

Season 1

Tess arrived back in town as well taunting Jackie about their affair and she was crushed when Tess revealed it never ended. Tess taunted Jackie with the truth and photo evidence of her and Lowell over the years feeling that she had won. She was actually elated when her father died leaving his fortune to her and tried to best to reunite with Bliss, who was cautious and actually pushed her away. She was desperate to help Bliss after knowing she let her stay with Dimitri for years and the guilt ate at her. At Jackie’s New Years party Tess decided that she would seduce Rory to get back at Lowell and in a way Jackie and succeeded only to be humiliated when he called out Yasmine’s name while they had sex. She then blackmailed Rory with their secret she wanted some of DGI and the new app he was making or she would tell his secret, Rory refused. After the kidnapping Tess exposed their one night stand to a devastated Yasmine. Tess nearby in the mansion coming forward once Zerick left where she vowed to do her part to protect Katie’s son where Forbes warned her to not double cross him as he’d hate to expose a final secret

Season 2

Tess Blisston had another child she gave to her cousins to raise by the name of Belle Archibald. Belle moved in with Forbes and she confronted her mother realizing that she was to be used as a weapon against her siblings and furious that she had been kept from full sister Bliss. Tess continued her plans with Forbes and Pierre in order to secure her spot as CEO in order to get revenge on Lowell for his mistreatment over the years of their affair though she also deep down was still in love with him. She was thrilled when Jackie threw him out and he moved in with her and Belle. Tess took one for the team at Jackson and Dani’s wedding where Lowell’s sister showed up to discredit her claim about Linus only for her to cleverly state she had been drinking that night too. She barely made out of the room unscathed that she knew the truth about Zerick all along. She knew that it was Linus not Lowell that raped Jackie’s sister, and she along with Forbes took control of the situation and told Kathleen it was Lowell all those years thus Zerick’s need for revenge. She took solace in the fact that Forbes didn’t out her lie and played along knowing her part wasn’t done.