Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne’s Life Shatters When Steffy Delivers the Ultimate Knife!

Bold and the Beautiful brings confusion as Daphne Rose (Murielle Hilaire) deciding to stay in LA after all. She told Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) she doesn’t want to lose him and she’s ready to try for a family however they can make it happen.

But we know Carter’s hiding a massive secret. It’s only a matter of time before the best friend betrayal by Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) is going to come out and wreck Daphne’s life. Today we’re diving into what is next for Daphne as we get deeper into the fallout from Carter and Steffy’s big mistake.

Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne Does Complete Turn Around

So, right now, Daphne abruptly changed her mind about leaving Carter and about running off to Paris. Daphne decided she doesn’t want to end their marriage and Carter had was upset, but he had accepted that they were over. He truly believed Daphne was gone for good. Meanwhile, Steffy was convinced her marriage to Finn Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) was finished after the Monaco fallout and what happened with Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown). And that’s exactly why Steffy and Carter turned to each other for comfort.

Steffy & Carter Went Too Far on B&B

They crossed every line and had that Forrester Creations CEO couch hookup. And now he and Steffy are drowning in guilt. We still haven’t seen a flashback of them actually doing the deed. But I do not doubt it happened. I’ve seen some wild theories out there, clickbait stuff.

They didn’t hook up. I’m sticking to Steffy and Carter did actually do the deed because they woke up naked and her panties were 7 feet away over by the desk. Plus, Steffy knew they’d had sex.

It’s not like you wake up and don’t know what’s happened with your body. There are signs. She and Carter both knew what happened. That’s why Steffy ran off home and got in the shower immediately to try and wash Carter off her body and wash off the shame of what she’d done.

Bold and Beautiful: Steffy Ready to Confess

Steffy right now is on the verge of confessing to Finn and Carter may consider coming clean to Daphne. But in reality, I think they are both going to chicken out. I’d be stunned if either of them confessed. I don’t think Steffy will tell Finn. Maybe they’re interrupted. Or maybe Steffy just can’t do it. So, Carter and Steffy might decide the only way to protect the people they love is to bury this terrible secret forever.

And I can absolutely see Carter and Steffy vowing never speak of that night again. And they both agree. That way Finn and Daphne never have to get hurt and both their marriages will survive. But of course it’s a soap, so there will be complications. So, let’s talk about what comes next for Daphne now that she is back with Carter and we have this big secret looming.

So, first off, Daphne is finally ready to explore every possible option for her and Carter to start a family. Daphne realized she just can’t let Carter go. But she’s also still desperate for them to be parents. So, I suspect the next step to consider is in vitro fertilization. Carter already brought that up to her and at the time Daphne wasn’t ready to talk about any alternate paths to family. But now that she’s staying in LA and wants to fight for her marriage to Carter, looking into fertility treatments is the natural next move.

And Daphne’s open to it because they both want a family so badly. But this could all lead to a huge twist in the road on their baby journey. Because from there, another thing I can see happening with Daphne is that she takes Steffy up on her offer to donate an egg to her and Carter from Steffy’s stash of frozen eggs. That little info drop at the doctor’s office was made for a reason.

Secrets, Surrogacy, and Suspicions on B&B

But in the meantime, I think we’re going to find out Steffy is pregnant, and I think she’s going to have to get a paternity test on the sly to find out who’s the dad, which means she can’t tell Finn she’s pregnant. But I suspect Steffy is going to tell Carter and they have a moment of panic because Steffy turning up pregnant while her bestie is struggling with infertility. That alone is pure daytime drama. That’s bad enough.

But if the baby in Steffy’s belly is Carter’s, that is a ticking time bomb with Daphne and Finn both. And if Steffy is pregnant by Carter, I can see them panicking and trying to find a way out of the mess. One extremely soapy solution would be for Steffy to offer to donate an egg and to be their surrogate. And then she can tell Finn that she’s decided to do this and then she pretends to undergo IVF.

Steffy Hides the Truth on Bold

Any doctor would have to keep Steffy’s info private because of HIPAA, even from Finn. And if she’s smart, she would tell him that she’s going to use a private clinic. Steffy can’t use the hospital because he and Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) could check into test results and stuff like that. So, on the surface, it would look like a generous offer and Daphne would be thrilled because it would look like Steffy was giving her best friend the ultimate gift.

And of course, she would know Daphne and Carter would be great parents. And Steffy may decide it’s best since the truth would destroy both their marriages and families. But we all know how these stories go. So, down the line, once the baby’s born, Steffy could have second thoughts about handing over her child.

Steffy Has Second Thoughts on B&B

That could be an issue. And despite the conception being hands-on instead of done in a lab, the biology would be the same if she had donated an egg, you know. But still Steffy might have misgivings just because she loves kids and that’s her kid. And then there’s a chance that Finn as a doctor might realize that the due date timing doesn’t fit the timing of the supposed IVF.

Another option we might have for Daphne is that she senses something is off with Carter. She can feel like he’s hiding a huge secret. And Daphne’s smart. She could notice little awkward moments between Carter and Steffy, lingering looks, tense silences, strange excuses not to be in the room together.

And eventually Daphne might put two and two together and somehow suspects they slept together. If that discovery happens after Steffy offered to be a surrogate and then turned up pregnant right away, I think Daphne’s suspicions could run wild. And of course, I don’t think her first thought would be Carter cheated with her best friend Steffy. But she would wonder if the timing is off, you know, that she got pregnant so fast. Daphne’s Spidey senses may be tingling.

Bold and the Beautiful: Carter & Steffy Busted

Also, people are overheard talking on Bold and the Beautiful all the time. So, Daphne might hear Carter and Steffy arguing or debating because bottom line, that level of betrayal would be devastating. We know the truth will eventually come out whether Steffy’s pregnant or not.

But then when Daphne finally learns that her husband Carter and best friend Steffy slept together, I think Daphne will be absolutely crushed, devastated, horrified, furious, all those feelings at once. And from there, we could see Daphne in a dilemma.

You know, she could pack her bags and just go to Paris, file divorce. Or she could sit on the secret, wait till Steffy gives birth, and then sign the adoption papers, take the kid, leave for Paris to punish both Steffy and Carter. I think long run, Daphne may forgive Carter because she dumped him, and it was a mistake.

But I don’t think the friendship between Daphne and Steffy will ever survive. Finn and Steffy’s marriage would also face an enormous test once the secret comes out. Finn might lose it on Steffy for cheating after she unfairly exploded on him because that is what happened. It was unfair. This plot has all the potential to be big, bold, and beautiful drama.

Bold and Beautiful: Carter’s Sad Track Record

Poor Carter always has bad luck with the ladies and he usually winds up with his heart broken. And this might be one more case if Daphne walks away from him over this little one-night thing. But in this case, it would be Carter’s fault that his heart’s broken.

I expect Daphne is going to stay in the dark for the next few weeks while Steffy starts to suspect maybe she’s pregnant and then realizes, “Whoops, there’s a chance it could be Carter’s kid.” But Steffy will need to hide her symptoms from Daphne and especially from her doctor husband Finn.

And by then, Steffy might have already offered Daphne one of her frozen eggs. And Daphne’s doctor may tell her she’s not a good candidate to carry a baby and they also need a surrogate. That would set the perfect stage for this major soapy drama.