Bell, 56, and Damian, 63, spoke to PEOPLE ahead of their characters’ big engagement, which will take place during the July 10 episode of The Young and the Restless. “We were super, super excited,” Bell says, “Because it’s been 35 years in the making.”

Danny and Christine are headed back to the altar on Young and Restless, and their portrayers give the inside scoop on the engagement.

They've been through so much together,' Damian says of the supercouple, who first said 'I do' in Hawaii 35 years ago. 'They were each other's first love.'