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B&B Shockwaves: Hope Logan’s Pregnancy Shakes the Foundations of Forester as Paternity Secrets, Scandals, and Grief Collide

In the shadowy stillness of the Forester guest house kitchen, Hope Logan’s world tilted on its axis. Bathed in the dim glow of a single overhead light, her trembling fingers clutched a pregnancy test. Two pink lines. Positive.

It wasn’t supposed to happen—not now, not like this.

Hope’s heart had already been stretched to its limit, torn between a dying love and a complicated present. Liam’s devastating brain tumor diagnosis had cracked her open. She hadn’t stopped loving him—not really, not ever. So when he told her the cancer was incurable, that he had precious little time left, something inside her shattered. The man who had been her safe place was slipping away. And in a moment born of pain, love, and desperate finality, Hope and Liam had found their way back into each other’s arms—if only for a night. One night. One goodbye.

She hadn’t told anyone. Not even Carter.

Because Carter, the man who had stepped in to be her rock during Liam’s decline, had grown cold and distant in recent weeks. He was growing tired of sharing Hope’s heart with a dying man. But Hope wasn’t drifting—she was drowning. When she turned to Carter again, searching for normalcy and stability, it led to another night of passion. A second mistake. Or was it?

Now, standing alone with proof of a new life growing inside her, Hope was consumed with confusion, guilt, and fear. She didn’t know who the father was. A paternity test could tell her—but did she want to know yet? Could she live with either answer? In Los Angeles, secrets are like whispers on the wind: they always find their way into someone else’s ears.

Hope’s Web of Secrets Begins to Unravel

Hope kept the news to herself—for now. She made a prenatal appointment in secret, didn’t even tell Brooke. But nothing in L.A. stays quiet for long. Across town, Liam began to sense something was off. Hope had pulled away since their night together, and though he chalked it up to grief and stress, something gnawed at him. Something deeper. She was hiding something. He could feel it.

Carter noticed too. Hope was colder, distracted. He feared she regretted being with him, that her emotions were still tethered to Liam. What he didn’t know was that the very foundation of all their lives was about to crack open.

In the silence of the doctor’s office, Hope sat alone, heart pounding. The pregnancy was confirmed. The baby was real. The doctor discussed timelines and options for paternity testing, but Hope wasn’t ready. Not yet. Not when the truth could burn down everything around her.

She wasn’t alone in her suspicions.

Steffy and Brooke Begin Connecting the Dots

Steffy Forrester, fiercely loyal to Liam and always wary of Hope’s proximity to her family, noticed the shift in Hope’s demeanor. She grew increasingly suspicious—especially after spotting Hope leaving a doctor’s office in Beverly Hills with a haunted look in her eyes. Steffy didn’t confront her, not yet. But she filed it away. She’d get answers.

Meanwhile, Brooke Logan saw her daughter fraying at the seams. Hope had dark circles under her eyes, a tremor in her voice, a distance that spoke of something heavier than grief. After dinner one night, Brooke asked gently, “Sweetheart, are you okay? You’ve been different lately.”

Hope gave her a tired smile. “Just… work. And Liam.”

Brooke didn’t press, but the concern lingered. Something was very, very wrong.

Workplace Tensions Boil Over at Forrester Creations

Hope buried herself in her work, pouring focus into the Hope for the Future line. But even that couldn’t distract her from the weight she carried—physically and emotionally. And others were beginning to notice. Ridge, ever observant, saw the shifts happening in his office. Carter was edgy. Liam, despite his terminal diagnosis, had a watchful intensity. And Hope… Hope had that glow. The kind you can’t fake.

Then it happened.

Liam invited Hope to the beach house. He wanted to recreate a memory—a flicker of peace amidst the storm. Candles, music, their favorite song. But when he looked into her eyes and asked, “There’s something you’re not telling me, is there?” Hope couldn’t lie.

She turned away, breath shallow. “I’m pregnant.”

Silence. Pure, deafening silence.

Then came the final blow. “I don’t know if it’s yours or Carter’s.”

Liam’s face went pale. He couldn’t speak. When he finally found his voice, it was hollow. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

Tears welled in Hope’s eyes. “Because I didn’t want to cause you more pain. I didn’t even know what I wanted. I still don’t.”

“You wanted comfort,” Liam said bitterly. “So you ran to Carter.”

“Don’t twist this,” Hope snapped. “You told me you were dying. I was losing you. I broke.”

He looked away. “Do you love him?”

“I don’t know,” Hope whispered. “But I never stopped loving you either.”

Without a word, Liam walked out. And Hope, now completely alone, fell apart.

The Fallout Begins: Ridge, Steffy, Thomas, and Bill React

Back at Forrester, Ridge confronted Carter after overhearing a conversation. “You know Hope’s pregnant, right?”

Carter froze. “What?!”

“She went to the doctor. I overheard her call.”

The rumor mill exploded. Within 24 hours, the entire office buzzed with speculation. Whispers flew down hallways, eyes followed Hope with judgment and curiosity. Who was the father? What did this mean for the company’s image?

Thomas was furious. He cornered Hope, voice sharp with fury. “This is going to destroy the company. Do you realize what you’ve done?”

Hope met his glare. “It’s my life. Not a PR problem.”

Steffy disagreed. She yanked Hope into her office and slammed the door. “You had one job—stay away from Liam while he’s dying. Now you’re carrying a scandalous pregnancy into the middle of all of this? If the baby’s his, everything changes. And if it’s Carter’s? What if he walks away? You’re not the only one this affects.”

Hope had no reply.

Meanwhile, Bill Spencer heard the whispers and paid Carter a visit. “You planning to raise another man’s kid?” he asked coldly. Carter had no answer. Not yet. Not when his own heart was caught between duty, love, and betrayal.

The Letter That Changes Everything

Then it came—a letter. Handwritten. No return address. From Liam.

“I’ve scheduled a test. I want to know the truth before I die. I deserve that. And so does the baby.”

Hope held the letter to her chest, her hands trembling. The paternity test was happening. The results would arrive in days.

She whispered to her unborn child, “Please… just let me have peace, whoever you are.”

But in Los Angeles, in a world ruled by lies, passion, power, and secrets—peace is never promised. And this baby’s arrival might be the most explosive twist the Forrester, Logan, and Spencer families have faced yet.