The Bold and the Beautiful (B&B) spoilers recap for Monday, July 17, reveals that Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) kept trying to convince Hope Spencer (Annika Noelle) that she was making a terrible mistake, but Hope insisted Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) wanted a divorce.
Although Brooke acted like Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) was taking advantage of Hope and the situation, he insisted he just wanted Hope to be happy.
Brooke tried to convince Hope that Liam loved her, but Hope felt he also loved Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and didn’t want to be with a man who was in love with another woman.
After all the years Brooke had spent begging and chasing Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye), Hope thought her mother should understand.
Despite hating the way all this went down, Hope wanted to be with a man who wanted only her.
Once Hope said she deserved more than half of Liam’s heart, she sat next to Thomas as he reached over to comfort her.
At Spencer Publications, Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) grew suspicious when Liam mentioned that he’d been back over to the cliff house after the Italy trip.
It left Wyatt wondering if there was something going on with Steffy that might be affecting this whole situation with Hope.
Liam finally admitted he did something really stupid and confessed to kissing Steffy twice – once in Rome and another time once they returned to Los Angeles.
Wyatt flipped out over that news, but Liam insisted he had too much respect for Steffy and John “Finn” Finnegan’s (Tanner Novlan) marriage to mess it up.
Liam added that he promised he was never going to interfere in Steffy’s life or relationship ever again.
At the cliff house on Monday’s B&B episode, Ridge visited Steffy while Finn was off checking on a patient at the hospital. Talk turned to Hope kissing Thomas and how it rocked Liam, who wasn’t himself according to Steffy.
Ridge admitted he was a little concerned about Thomas backsliding, but he thought Liam and Hope would be fine since it was just a kiss.
Steffy said she told Liam that it would take time, but she felt he had to forgive Hope.
Ridge thought it was nice that Steffy and Liam were still close, so she acknowledged that they were.
Suddenly, Kelly Spencer (Sophia Paras McKinlay) rushed out of her bedroom in a panic and ran to Steffy’s side.
After Kelly said she dreamed something bad happened to Daddy, she said she was crying but Liam couldn’t reach her.
Steffy assured Kelly that nothing bad was going to happen to Liam, who loved her to the moon and back.
Once Kelly was asleep again, Steffy told Ridge that Liam was a great dad and that he hated not being around more due to having two families.
Ridge eventually caught onto the idea that Hope might’ve turned to Thomas because Steffy still had a connection with Liam.
If Hope thought Liam still had feelings for Steffy, Ridge said that could seriously undermine their marriage.
Steffy flashed back to comforting Liam in Rome, but she assured Ridge that Liam’s future was with Hope.
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say Liam and Steffy’s bond may be stronger than either of them know, so stick with us for updates on what’s next for these exes!
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