Hope Pregnant — But Liam Fears He’s Not the Father
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers | A Shocking Twist That Changes Everything

The morning of December 12, 2025, dawned bright and flawless over Los Angeles — the kind of day that felt destined for fairy tales and fresh beginnings.

But for Hope Logan, the light spilling through her childhood bedroom window only magnified the shadows she was desperately trying to hide.

Standing before the mirror in a delicate white wedding gown, Hope placed a trembling hand over her midsection, aware of a truth no one else yet knew.

A truth that threatened to shatter everything she was about to vow.

Hope Logan was pregnant — and she could not say with certainty who the father was.

As she prepared to marry Liam Spencer once more, Hope carried not only the weight of renewed promises but the crushing burden of an impossible timeline. The dress felt tighter than it should. Her reflection stared back with equal parts joy and fear. This was supposed to be a perfect new chapter, a triumphant reunion after years of heartbreak. Instead, it was built on a secret growing more dangerous by the day.

The wedding itself was breathtaking. Deacon Sharpe proudly walked his daughter down the aisle, tears streaming freely from guests who had waited years to see Hope and Liam find their way back to each other. Their daughter Beth stood as officiant, her young voice trembling as she pronounced her parents husband and wife. Liam gazed at Hope with unwavering certainty — convinced they had finally come home to each other.

Hope smiled, tears glistening in her eyes, desperately wanting to believe it too.

The reception overflowed with laughter, dancing, and heartfelt speeches. Yet beneath the celebration, dread churned inside Hope. Just one week earlier, her world had imploded when two pink lines appeared on a pregnancy test — a moment of shock quickly eclipsed by horror. As she stared at the test, her mind raced backward through a chaotic calendar of intimacy she could not reconcile.

The timeline was devastatingly narrow.

It began with Liam’s supposed brain tumor diagnosis — news that shattered Hope completely. Believing she was about to lose the man she had always loved, Hope rushed to his side. In the shadow of what she thought was a terminal goodbye, they shared a deeply emotional and intimate moment. It was meant to be closure. A final act of love.

Then came the bombshell: the diagnosis was fake. Grace Buckingham had fabricated the illness, drugging Liam and manipulating everyone into believing he was dying. The relief was overwhelming — but it also reignited Hope and Liam’s bond with explosive force. Within days of their first encounter, they were together again, swept up in emotion and relief.

But there was someone else.

During the same turbulent period, Hope’s relationship with Carter Walton was unraveling. Frustrated by Hope’s emotional distance and haunted by Liam’s condition, Carter struggled to hold onto what they had built. On one desperate night — just days before everything exploded — Hope and Carter shared one final intimate moment, a last attempt to salvage their relationship.

Then the truth about Liam’s fake illness came out — and everything changed.

Now pregnant, Hope faced a terrifying reality: three to four days separated her encounters with Carter and Liam. Either man could be the father. No pregnancy app, no timeline recalculation could give her the answer she needed.

For weeks, Hope carried the secret alone.

She couldn’t tell Brooke, who had championed Hope’s reunion with Liam. She couldn’t tell Liam, who planned their wedding with unwavering joy. She couldn’t tell Carter, who had begun moving forward with Daphne Rose — a sophisticated French perfumer determined to win his heart.

Hope disguised her fear behind loose clothing, blamed her exhaustion on stress at Forrester Creations, and avoided alcohol and coffee. Her hands shook in meetings. She clutched her stomach when she thought no one was looking. But secrets in Los Angeles never stay buried.

It was Brooke Logan who finally saw through the façade.

Cornering Hope one evening at Forrester Creations, Brooke’s maternal instinct proved unrelenting. When Hope finally broke down and confessed she was pregnant — and uncertain whether Carter or Liam was the father — Brooke’s face drained of color. It was a nightmare scenario that threatened multiple lives and futures.

Telling Liam was devastating.

At the cabin, with Beth asleep upstairs, Hope explained the impossible timeline. Liam’s confusion turned to heartbreak in seconds. His voice barely rose above a whisper as he asked how she could have let this happen — how she could marry him without knowing the truth.

Hope’s explanations couldn’t undo the betrayal. Liam left that night without another word, shattering the fragile new beginning they had just vowed to protect.

Telling Carter was no easier.

Hope found him alone at Forrester Creations, Daphne’s perfume still lingering in the air. Carter had finally begun to heal, envisioning a future free from Hope Logan’s emotional orbit. When Hope revealed the pregnancy, Carter listened in stunned silence.

“I had just started to move on,” he admitted quietly. “And now everything might change.”

And it did.

When Daphne learned the truth, her carefully composed exterior crumbled. She had fought for Carter, believed in a future with him — only to find Hope once again standing between them. Carter couldn’t promise her anything. If the baby was his, he wouldn’t walk away.

The pain of that reality broke Daphne’s heart.

A DNA test became inevitable. Bridget Forrester personally oversaw the process, ensuring absolute accuracy. The wait was agonizing. Liam retreated emotionally, speaking to Hope only about Beth. Carter remained professional but visibly torn. Hope existed in a fog of dread and anticipation.

The call finally came.

Bridget asked Hope to come to the hospital — with both men.

In a room heavy with silence, Bridget delivered the truth that would change everything: there was a 99.9% probability that Carter Walton was the father of Hope’s baby.

Time seemed to stop.

Liam stood abruptly, pain etched across his face. He spoke only of Beth before walking out, leaving behind a marriage already collapsing under the weight of truth.

Carter sat frozen, realizing his past with Hope was now his future — whether he was ready or not.

Daphne, when Carter called, already knew. Her quiet goodbye was final. She chose Paris, choosing herself over a future she could no longer claim.

In the aftermath, lives reshaped themselves around the truth. Hope and Carter began navigating co-parenthood — careful, uncertain, forever connected. Liam focused on being the best father he could be to Beth, though the betrayal lingered in every glance toward Hope. Daphne left Los Angeles, heartbroken but determined to heal.

And Hope, resting a hand over her growing belly, realized certainty had finally arrived — but at a cost none of them were prepared to pay.

This is The Bold and the Beautiful at its most powerful: a story of passion, timing, and vulnerability. A wedding built on hope. A pregnancy born of confusion. And a future rewritten by three days and a DNA test that answered one question — while creating countless others.