When Olivia became pregnant in 2015, it was after just one drunken night with Julian Jerome that she never meant to happen. She was already falling for Ned and even tried to pass her unborn child off as his, but Julian wasn’t buying it. Since Julian was a mobster and Olivia didn’t want his lifestyle to affect her baby, she lied to Julian after Leo was born prematurely and told Julian his son died (via Soaps In Depth).
That’s what made him try to clean up his act, and he eventually learned that Leo was indeed alive and definitely his son. So, when Olivia and Ned wed, Ned became Leo’s stepdad and Julian remained a part of his life until his mobster ways caught up with him and he was killed just before Christmas in 2020 (via Soaps.com).
Despite the fact that Olivia wasn’t sure if she wanted to stay married to Ned, Olivia and Leo remained in the Quartermaine mansion, where Ned started seeing that something seemed different about Leo. That led to an autism diagnosis that Olivia fought seeking (via Soap Hub), but once she realized how much Ned helped her son, she saw the sense in reconciling with Ned and letting him adopt the boy — and actress Lisa LoCicero couldn’t be more thrilled.
