B&B Spoilers: Hope said 5 words that made Brooke extremely surprised

Ridge believes he’s measured every heartbeat that still ties him to Brooke and placed it in a vault of self-denial the moment he promises Taylor Hayes a future.

But the echoes of those forbidden thumps only grow louder as Brooke’s glittering comeback collection turns the Forrester showroom into a cathedral of awe-inspiring spectacle.

As soon as she steps onto the catwalk, draped in starry silk and unshakable confidence, the applause is thunderous and rich.

Sitting next to Taylor, but still haunted by nostalgia, Ridge feels the old electricity run down his spine, reminding him of all the reasons Brooke will forever be the woman who can lift him out of gravity.

He tries to smile at Taylor, squeezing her hand, muttering that the magic is just good marketing.

But Taylor, who is good at interpreting human nuances, catches the timidity in his eyes every time Brooke blows a kiss to the photographers—and uncertainty seeps through the seams of her newfound happiness.

She has lived through decades of this triangle, survived the peaks of hope and the valleys of despair.

But tonight, her pulse pounds with the primal warning that history is coming back to reclaim what she has finally called her own.

Ridge senses the change and summons every ounce of loyalty to silence his wandering heart.

He escorts Taylor backstage, recommitting that his life with her is not half-hearted, that Brooke’s momentary sparkle is all theater and nothing more.

Taylor, desperate to believe it, nods—though her psychiatrist mind recognizes that people often rehearse sincerity to drown out the truth they fear.

A few days later, Ridge visits Eric in the old patriarch’s sunlit office and confides that he may need to elevate his commitment to Taylor to something unbreakable.

Eric, who wears his own regrets like designer cufflinks, encourages his son to seize the moment before it slips—but also warns that the human heart abhors ultimatums.

Ridge leaves, convinced that if he gives Taylor a ring and a quick vow exchange, eternity will return Brooke to her own destiny and close the chapter.

Across the hall, Brooke overhears snippets of conversation—enough to cause panic at the prospect of losing Ridge forever.

Pride drives her to rejoice in his happiness, but a deeper current of obsession drives her to fight.

Her soulmate Katie tries to calm the brewing storm, but Brooke’s imagination runs faster than her words, recalling how Ridge once said her presence turned his world to technicolor.She can’t bear to see him retreat into sepia tones.

Meanwhile, Taylor hides in the cliff house, sketching wedding dress concepts with maniacal precision, hoping the art can hold back her doubts.

But every pencil stroke trembles for fear that Brooke’s smile could undo months of healing.

When Nick Marone calls from his yacht, promising a Malibu landing in June and a shoulder to lean on, Brooke feels the universe setting up safety nets she never asked for.However, she craves Ridge’s heartbeat, not Nick’s comfort.

Ridge, determined to make his impulse a reality, arranges a private dinner on the Forrester rooftop.
Purple lights strung between olive trees.

A simple platinum ring placed in a velvet box.He rehearses the proposal as the sun beats down on the downtown towers—unaware that Brooke, ripe with determination, has planned to derail the evening by attacking its most symbolic gesture: the dress.