Simone Torres in Pine Valley in 2001 at the behest of Edmund Grey in order to aid his brother-in-law Mateo Santos uncover the identity of the drug lord "Proteus".

Revealing inside information to the publisher, Simone is shocked when it turns out to be a front set up by Vanessa Cortlandt, the real Proteus.

Greenlee is preparing for her wedding to Leo du Pres and asks Simone to be her maid of honor.

Simone is keeping a secret from her friend; she is having an affair with Greenlee's father Roger, who is still married to her mother, Mary.

Roger dies shortly after, and Simone spends months trying to gain Greenlee's forgiveness, which she eventually does.

Miserable about another relationship gone wrong, Simone overhears Kendall Hart and Greenlee putting plans together for a new cosmetics company.

At Kendall's insistence, a reluctant Greenlee agrees that Simone be in charge of publicity for the startup company, Fusion Cosmetics.

Eventually, Tad tells all three women he is taking a break from romance in an effort to provide an example for his son Jamie Martin.

When Greenlee returned to town, Simone temporarily came back as a ghost (unseen) but felt by her loved ones.

Jamey Giddens from Daytime Confidential called the character a "wacky temptress" and noted that Ivens had been a "fan favorite with television audiences" since she began portraying Simone.