She came to forgive him. To open her heart again.
Instead, Hope Logan walked into betrayal — not with rage, but with six simple, soul-piercing words that will haunt Carter Walton forever.

It should’ve been a moment of redemption. A quiet knock, a hopeful conversation, maybe even a second chance. Liam, facing death with grace, had gently urged Hope to let go of the past. “You still have a future,” he’d whispered, and in that moment, Hope believed it. She believed Carter might be part of it.

But what awaited her wasn’t love.

It was Carter and Daphne, entangled in vulnerability and silence, their intimacy casting a shadow too deep to ignore. Hope didn’t cry. She didn’t scream. She stood there, frozen, as if the entire world had just shifted out of place. Her heart had already been broken by Liam’s condition. Now, it shattered completely.

And when Carter finally saw her — too late, already unraveling — Hope turned. Her voice, low and trembling, finally broke the silence.

“I came to choose you, Carter.”

Six words.

Six words that buried Carter’s heart beneath the weight of regret. He chased after her, but it was done. Because for Hope, this wasn’t just about the moment. It was about everything — Liam’s final days, the ache of lost time, and now a door closed that she had just dared to open.

Back at Brooke’s, Hope collapsed, whispering what no one else could hear: “Maybe Liam was right. Maybe it really is too late.” Her eyes were dry, but her soul was unraveling.

And Carter? He sat alone, Daphne now irrelevant. Whatever comfort she’d offered was nothing now but ash. “What did I do?” he asked no one, the echo of Hope’s voice still cutting through the room like a knife.

What happens next is anyone’s guess.
Will Carter beg for forgiveness?
Will Hope even listen?
And as Liam grows weaker, will this heartbreak push Hope back into his arms… one final time?

One thing’s for certain — those six words were never meant to be goodbye.
But in The Bold and the Beautiful, even love’s gentlest intention can spark the most irreversible ending.

Would you have forgiven Carter? Was Hope too late — or was he too fast to fall into someone else’s arms?