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>> Steffy: Hope said no to you, now it's your turn to say
no to her, do you hear me?
>> Thomas: I planned a speech.
I planned everything.
I made a dress for her.
She had the ring.
>> Steffy: A ring that she's been wearing as a necklace,
Thomas.
She didn't even put it on her finger, that's not right.
>> Thomas: Steffy, I love her.
I love her so much.
And I know she loves me.
Why won't she accept my proposal?
Why won't she just commit to me?
♪♪♪ >> Thomas: I want the world to
see us walking into the future together, hand in hand,
side by side.
All you have to do is say you'll marry me.
>> Hope: I'm not ready for a forever commitment.
I'm sorry, but I can't be.
I'm sorry.
>> Thomas: No.
>> Hope: I'm sorry, Thomas, wait.
[ door closes ] >> Brooke: Oh, there you are.
I've been looking all over for you.
Wow, what is all this?
Honey, what's wrong?
♪♪♪ > Liam: Without the beef,
that's all right.
Thanks.
Carter, here.
>> Carter: Hey.
>> Liam: Hey, what are you doing?
You meeting somebody?
>> Carter: I'm having some lunch.
>> Liam: Okay, well then have lunch with me.
>> Carter: Okay.
Okay, thanks man.
You know, it's a lot easier coming here now that
Sheila's gone?
>> Liam: I was just saying the same thing.
Fortunately, you know who it's not easier for?
Steffy.
The Sheila nightmare is all still happening for her.
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>> Liam: Steffy's a good person.
Right?
I mean, she was traumatized by what she did.
>> Carter: It was self-defense.
>> Liam: Yes, it was self-defense, but that's
the thing, justified or not, she still took a life and,
you know, for her, that's...
I'm just-- I'm concerned
about her well-being.
>> Carter: Yeah, well, her family's looking out for her.
>> Liam: Yeah, so am I, so is everyone, but, you know,
Steffy's also gotta be looking out for herself, and that's just
not where her head's at.
Like, I was-- I saw her earlier, and you know
what she's most concerned about?
Thomas.
Because of Hope.
>> Hope: I-- I, um.
I don't want anyone to see me like this.
>> Brooke: What's going on, sweetheart?
Why are you crying?
>> Hope: I can't...
>> Brooke: What?
What happened?
>> Hope: It's Thomas.
>> Brooke: He was here?
>> Hope: And he just-- he ran off before he--
he let me explain.
>> Brooke: So you got in a fight?
>> Hope: No, Mom.
He proposed again.
>> Brooke: And you didn't accept?
>> Hope: I just-- I'm-- I'm not--
I'm not ready.
♪♪♪ >> Thomas: I just don't
understand.
What did I do wrong?
>> Steffy: Thomas, you did nothing wrong.
This is all Hope's doing.
>> Thomas: I just can't believe she rejected me again.
>> Steffy: Well, I hate to say it, but I'm not surprised.
Look, I-- I know that you love her, I do, and that comes
from a good place, but it is not gonna get you
anywhere.
All it's gonna do is cause you pain and frustration.
She has let you down so many times.
I mean, come on, enough is enough.
You need to end your relationship with Hope.
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>> Carter: Steffy's always been
protective of her brother.
>> Liam: Yeah, whether Thomas deserves it or not.
>> Carter: So Steffy's concerned about Thomas' relationship
with Hope.
>> Liam: Mm-hmm.
You know why?
Because she thinks Hope is leading him on.
>> Carter: Well, I have seen Hope wearing the engagement ring
on a necklace, not her finger.
>> Liam: Yeah, thank God.
>> Carter: Sounds like you have some concerns of your own.
>> Liam: Yeah, but it's me.
I'm biased, right?
And I've always thought that relationship was doomed to fail.
I just, uh, err on the side of worrying Thomas is gonna hurt
Hope, not vice versa.
>> Carter: Well, it's good to see you're not broken up
about her not accepting the proposal.
>> Liam: Can you tell?
Can you tell?
Listen, I know, I-- I get that you have
a different relationship with Thomas than I do.
I just don't trust him.
>> Carter: But you said that Steffy thinks Hope's
the problem.
>> Thomas: Oh, yeah.
Yeah, no she does, because, uh, she thinks that Hope is gonna
break his fragile little heart.
♪♪♪ >> Hope: He couldn't even look
at me, Mom.
I hurt him so much.
>> Brooke: And I'm sure you feel awful about that, honey.
But like you said, you are not ready to make this kind of
commitment.
>> Hope: I-- I know, and I've told Thomas that,
and I thought he understood.
I mean, he-- he said that he wasn't in any rush.
>> Brooke: Well, what changed?
Did he get the wrong idea?
>> Hope: I don't-- I don't know.
I mean, we've always been, you know, sharing our feelings.
We've been open and honest from the start.
>> Brooke: Honey, there is no reason for you to rush
into a marriage.
Especially considering the way your marriage ended with Liam.
Honey, you need to think about that.
You need to think about yourself and your children.
There's a lot to consider here.
>> Hope: I know that, Mom.
But you should've seen the look on his face.
He was heartbroken.
And I did that.
I caused that pain.
And I can't even imagine what he's feeling right now.
♪♪♪ >> Steffy: Hope's been using
you, Thomas.
I'm sorry to be so blunt, but it's true.
All Hope does is break your heart over and over again.
She won't wear your ring.
She won't accept your proposal.
She doesn't wanna have a future with you.
And all you're asking for is a promise.
A promise that Hope would commit herself to you.
But she won't.
She's not gonna do it.
>> Thomas: I should've done what I said I would do, which is
give her more time.
>> Steffy: Oh, my God.
Stop this, okay?
Hope is the problem.
Waiting around is not gonna solve it.
That's what she wants you to do.
It's like some kind of game.
>> Thomas: There's no game, Steff.
>> Steffy: No, not to you.
You actually want a future with her.
You want a family.
But she doesn't want that.
You need to get it through your head.
She's just stringing you along.
I mean, Thomas, come on.
You know that.
Oh, God, I've like said this so many times and you didn't wanna
hear it.
Hope didn't want to hear it.
You just gotta think about yourself right now.
You really need to think about your sanity.
You need to leave Hope.
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>> Carter: See, I thought
everyone was more positive about Hope and Thomas these days.
>> Liam: Who are you talking about? Wait, so we got Ridge,
and we got-- >> Carter: Clearly not you or
Steffy, that's for sure.
>> Liam: Yeah, clearly not, not when it comes to this.
>> Carter: Liam, Hope and Thomas,
they've been seeing each other for a while now.
They seem happy.
>> Liam: Okay, all right.
What happens when it all goes wrong?
>> Carter: Is that what Steffy's worried about?
That Hope's gonna break it off with Thomas?
>> Liam: Yeah, well that's what she's worried about and then
what I'm worried about is how Thomas is gonna react
when she does.
>> Carter: Okay, all right.
That's something to consider given Thomas' past, okay.
>> Liam: Thank you.
I-- Right.
But Steffy's still focused on the Hope part.
She thinks that Hope isn't really in love with him.
>> Carter: And you don't either.
>> Liam: Every time you bring him up to Hope, she gets all
like, she gets all defensive and she's like, "You don't know
what we have and you don't understand the situation."
I'm just saying like, okay, if she were really head over heels
for the guy, would she be doing that?
I don't think so.
>> Carter: So you're saying that Hope is setting Thomas up for
another huge disappointment.
♪♪♪ >> Hope: I feel terrible, Mom.
I mean, things have been going so well.
We've been so happy.
>> Brooke: So Thomas wants to take the next step and you're
not quite there.
>> Hope: I tried to explain it to him, but he was so hurt
and he was in so much pain and I just couldn't get through
to him.
And I just feel like I just ruined everything.
>> Brooke: Honey, stop.
You can't think that way.
What are you doing?
You are a kind, compassionate woman.
But sometimes, you need to look out for yourself.
What's good for your heart?
You can't just go into a marriage.
If that's not what you truly want.
>> Hope: I want Thomas, Mom.
I want our relationship.
I want Thomas to know that I'm so grateful for him and I want
him to understand that I love him.
I love him, Mom.
I love him.
♪♪♪ >> Steffy: You can't be there
for Hope anymore.
You need to cut her out of your life.
>> Thomas: You don't know what you're asking of me.
>> Steffy: I'm telling you to save yourself, Thomas.
>> Thomas: Steff, I really thought she was gonna say yes.
>> Steffy: I know this is really painful for you, okay?
I know that you're devastated.
But you need to think about Douglas.
You can't have him keep watching you get burned
by Hope.
>> Thomas: Okay, but I am-- I'm not going to hide
my feelings from my son.
>> Steffy: Okay, okay.
If Douglas was in a situation like this, he was involved with
a girl treating him the exact same way Hope is treating you,
what would you tell him?
You would want him to protect himself.
Show him that.
Think about your pride and your dignity.
I mean, Thomas, this situation is really wearing you out.
I mean, you are in a toxic relationship.
And this toxicity, it may resurrect your demons.
I don't want that for you.
You've worked so hard on yourself, okay?
You've changed.
Everything that's going on with Hope, it's not worth it.
She's not worth it.
Today proves that.
I want you to be happy.
Just not with Hope.
I mean, you could be with any other woman in the world.
You deserve that.
You deserve to be happy.
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>> Hope: Thomas.
>> Thomas: You and me, together.
I wanna spend the rest of our lives with each other.
Say you'll be my wife.
>> Hope: I love you.
I really do.
But I-- I can't accept your proposal, I'm--
I'm not ready.
>> Steffy: She has let you down so many times.
I mean, come on, enough is enough.
You need to end your relationship with Hope.
>> Brooke: Thomas.
>> Thomas: Is that for me?
>> Brooke: Uh, no, actually, I didn't know you'd be here.
I saw Hope in the salon.
You proposed again.
>> Thomas: I really don't wanna talk about it.
I'm trying to work.
>> Brooke: I'm not here to make you feel worse.
Really, I can see how heartbroken you are.
My daughter is too.
Thomas, she didn't mean to hurt you.
And she didn't wanna reject you.
>> Thomas: She said no.
>> Brooke: But you can understand why.
She did try to explain.
>> Thomas: She's been wearing my ring.
I get it.
She's been wearing it on a necklace, I know.
But she's been wearing it.
She could have just said no.
She could've rejected it.
She could've given it back to me, but she didn't.
She kept wearing it.
And ever since then, we have only gotten closer and closer.
And the other night, she told me that she never, ever wanted
what we found in Rome to end.
I really thought she'd say yes.
I thought she'd accept my proposal, I...
Have I just been a fool, Brooke?
Tell me the truth.
Does Hope really love me?
♪♪♪ >> Steffy: Sometimes, I just
hate being right.
>> Hope: You know.
>> Steffy: Oh, that Thomas' heart was broken?
Yes, I know.
>> Hope: Steffy, I never meant to hurt your brother.
>> Steffy: I knew this was gonna happen, I knew it.
And here we are.
>> Hope: Steffy, I'm just not ready for that level
of commitment.
>> Steffy: Oh, I know that.
But the only person who doesn't know that is Thomas.
God, you gotta stop with this game.
Thomas has loved you for so long, so much so that he almost
messed up his life.
But he's fought back.
He's turned his life around.
>> Hope: I know that, Steffy.
That's why it's different this time.
That's why I love him.
>> Steffy: Oh, you do not love him.
>> Hope: Yes, I do.
>> Steffy: He professed his love to you.
He said that you are the only woman in the world.
He wants to be with you, so what's the problem?
>> Hope: I know what he means to me, and I know that
I can count on him.
>> Steffy: Not anymore.
I think I got through to him.
>> Hope: What did you do?
>> Steffy: I told him the truth.
That you're never gonna accept the proposal.
And that you're just using him.
You're just toying with his emotions.
So, I told Thomas to stand up and tell you he is done
with you.
He's ending his relationship with you once and for all.
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