On The Bold and the Beautiful, hearts are breaking and destinies are changing as Hope Logan makes a life-altering decision — one that leaves Carter Walton speechless and Steffy Forrester completely blindsided. Despite Carter’s unwavering affection and desire to be with Hope, she can’t ignore her lingering love for Liam Spencer, especially in the face of his devastating diagnosis.

Hope has already made up her mind: she wants to be with Liam again, and not just to be there for him as a friend. She’s ready to remarry him — even as he battles a terminal illness. The news of Liam’s incurable brain tumor has sent shockwaves through everyone’s lives, and for Hope, it’s a wake-up call she can’t ignore. While Liam initially urged her to move on — even encouraging her to give Carter a second chance — Hope refuses to let the man she still loves face death alone.

Liam’s condition is dire. Doctors have exhausted all known treatment options, and while his loved ones pray for a miracle, nothing has surfaced yet. In these dark times, Hope clings to the idea that love might be the very thing that can give Liam the strength to keep going. She doesn’t just want to comfort him — she wants to be his wife again, to share every remaining moment as husband and wife.

Carter is forced to watch from the sidelines, silently crushed as Hope turns her back on the future they could have had. Though he remains gracious, it’s clear he’s hurting as Hope chooses Liam without hesitation. Carter may love Hope, but her heart never truly left Liam. Her loyalty is unmistakable, and her decision is final.

Meanwhile, Steffy is dealing with her own emotional turmoil. She’s long considered herself Liam’s true love, and while she’s married to Finn and raising their family, the news of Liam’s illness rattles her to the core. In truth, had she not been with Finn, it’s likely she would have fought for Liam herself. But now, Steffy is forced to grapple with the reality that Hope — not her — will be by Liam’s side during his final days.

Hope’s desire to marry Liam again doesn’t stem from pity. She remembers the love they shared and the life they built together, and even though they divorced after her betrayal with Thomas, that love never fully disappeared. Liam never gave her much of a chance to explain when he saw her kissing Thomas — and his retaliation by running straight to Steffy only complicated things further. But now, with death looming, old wounds are being replaced by something deeper: compassion, forgiveness, and hope.

As Steffy pressures Liam to tell Hope the truth about his illness, the weight of the secret becomes unbearable. Hope already senses something is off. His philosophical outlook, his sudden emotional clarity — all of it leads her to suspect that something is very wrong. When Steffy finally confesses to Hope that Liam is dying, Hope is devastated. Everything suddenly makes sense. Liam’s strange behavior, his selfless encouragement to move on — it all points to a man preparing to say goodbye.

Hope is crushed by the idea that Beth and Kelly will grow up without their father. She’s haunted by the thought of losing the only man she’s ever truly loved. It’s in this moment of grief and clarity that she declares her intent to marry Liam again, to spend whatever time they have left as a family.

This decision sets off a chain reaction. Bill is horrified by Liam’s diagnosis, while Steffy is shaken to her core. And Carter — kind, patient Carter — has no choice but to step aside as Hope clings to the past. He’s left to watch, powerless and heartbroken, as the woman he hoped to marry walks away toward a love that never truly ended.

Meanwhile, the tension between Finn and Steffy escalates. With Liam’s illness forcing everyone to reassess what really matters, Finn begins to reconsider his relationship with his daughter Luna. After discovering she was his child, not just his cousin, Finn feels compelled to be a father to her — despite Steffy’s fears and objections. Steffy, still traumatized by the events that unfolded when Luna tried to kill her, can’t understand why Finn would risk everything to reconnect with her.

But Liam’s looming mortality changes people. It softens their hearts and redefines their priorities. Perhaps Finn believes he has to do better than Liam did — to show up for his daughter while he still can. And maybe, just maybe, Steffy will find a way to let go of the past and support Finn’s journey toward fatherhood.

Back at the heart of the drama, Liam quietly accepts Hope’s offer to remarry, but he does so with a heavy heart. He knows he might not have long, and part of him worries he’s being selfish. Yet he also knows that Hope needs this just as much as he does. Their love story — once full of heartbreak and mistakes — is finding its way back, one final time.

And just when it seems all hope is lost, whispers of a miracle begin to surface. Could Bold and the Beautiful be planning a last-minute save for Liam, like they did for Eric Forrester? Could a treatment finally emerge, giving Liam the second chance he never thought possible?

Until then, the show teeters between tragedy and redemption, loss and love. Whether Liam dies or lives, one thing is certain: his illness has forced everyone — Hope, Steffy, Finn, and even Carter — to confront who they really are, what they value, and who they want beside them when time runs out.