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In Forrester’s dressing room, Hope and Carter’s kiss ends. She tells him she didn’t see that coming. He replies, “I did.” She gushes that it was pretty incredible. “You weren’t just thinking about me modeling lingerie, you were thinking about kissing me too.” Carter nods, “Guilty as charged.” Carter sees her passion, strength, and beauty. He’s wanted to tell her this so many times. Hope has always felt she could open up to him. “I trust you.” Lately, though, she thought if was feeling different. He actually does think about her this way. Carter smiles, “How could I not?”

At the cliff house, Steffy’s happy that Finn’s meeting got canceled and he’s home. They kiss and canoodle. He asks her if everything is OK. She says everything is fine. She feels really blessed and owes so much of it to him. He’s an incredible husband. They go over how good things have been. Steffy is happy she gets to spend life and share the joy with him. “You really are my hero.”

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At Il Giardino, Will puts the brakes on Liam showing photos of the kids by asking the girls about themselves. Lainie tells Will work is more exciting with him on the marketing team. Liam jumps in to talk up Will’s best qualities and pulls up a photo of his brother with his shirt off at the family pool party. Liam goes on that his little girls could grow up and work at Forrester. Sheila appears and Liam grimaces… he didn’t know she was working today. Sheila took over for Deacon today. She chats with the girls and says she’s sending dessert over, on the house. Liam cringes when she touches his shoulders.

The girls from Forrester have to get back to work. Will tells them lunch is on them and they’ll do this another time. He and Lainie smile at each other. The girls leave and Will asks Liam, “Why do you do this to me?” Sheila reappears and Will tells her the girls had to go. Sheila tries to convince them to let her box up the dessert. Liam just wants the check. Will tells Liam that he’s the worst wingman he’s ever seen. Liam asks if endlessly showing photos of the kids was a turn-off. Will nods. He asks if Liam’s been dating, as Sheila flings the check onto the table. Talk turns to Hope, and Will suggests that maybe what split them up isn’t so insurmountable anymore.

At the cliff house, Finn loves that Steffy sees him as a hero, but they saved each other. Steffy reminds him how they met. Finn says she was a fighter who just needed someone to stand by her to help her recover. They flash to him being her doctor after her motorcycle accident. She knew right then and there he was the man for her… the man she’d spend the rest of her life with.

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Steffy tells Finn he really put her back together. Finn recalls that he saw her and he knew… with just one look at her. He wanted to be the man she could depend on. They bonded on a cosmic level. That’s how he knew something was wrong when she was missing. Steffy says, “You saved me again.” They flash to him rescuing her from the cage in Luna’s apartment. She knows he’ll never let anything come between them or tear them apart. They go over how Sheila didn’t tear them apart… no one can. It only brought them closer and strengthened their commitment. When they’re apart, all Steffy has to do is close her eyes, and he’s there, keeping her safe. They express their love and kiss.

At Il Giardino, Will asks what happened between him and Hope. Liam says Hope kissed a man he despised. His connection to Steffy was also weighing heavily on her. Will asks if he misses her. Liam says, “Of course. Every day.” Will urges him to tell her. Liam thinks they’ve been through too much, but Will feels they may still be able to patch things up. They’re both available, and love Beth and being a family. “She might miss it as much as you do.” Beth arrives with someone named Bodie, and Liam suggests they take a pizza to her mom.

In Forrester’s dressing room, Hope tells Carter how much she admires the way he leads with compassion and strength. He genuinely cares about every employee. Carter croons, “One a little more than most.” Carter knows her personal life has been discouraging, but this is a rebirth. Hope teases that she’s the Logan rising from the ashes. She admits she didn’t want to become her mother and then worries, “That sounds so bad.” Carter thinks that sounds like a beautiful woman with a complicated history. That makes Hope special. He has hope for her future, and a future he very much would like to share with her.

Carter enters Forrester’s main office and stops to look at a press release with Hope’s photo on it. He flashes to kissing her in the dressing room and smiles.

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In the design office, Beth and Liam surprise Hope with pizza. Hope is grateful since she was starving. Liam sets up the lunch as Hope declares the best pizza is Grandpa Deacon’s. Beth declares that this is like a family dinner. She loves it when they’re together. Liam does too. Carter walks in looking for Hope, but stops short. They invite him to join them, but Carter doesn’t want to interrupt the family moment. Hope and Carter share an intimate look.

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