In a week filled with emotional breakdowns and backstage power plays at Forrester Creations, one woman’s quiet decision steals the spotlight. Daphne Rose, once an undercover pawn in Steffy’s complex chess game, turns the table in a way no one anticipated. Brought in to lure Carter away from Hope Logan, Daphne ended up catching real feelings herself. Her mission may have been strategic, but her heart betrayed the script.
Carter, emotionally adrift from Hope but not yet ready to let her go, kindly but firmly turned Daphne away. “I can’t pretend, no matter how much I care,” he told her—words that shattered Daphne’s already-bruised heart. Realizing she was losing herself in a love triangle she never belonged to, Daphne made a bold move: she resigned from Forrester Creations and booked a one-way flight back to Paris.
Steffy, blindsided, confronts her. “You’re just walking away?” she demands. Daphne, serene but distant, says she came to LA thinking she could influence the future, only to lose her own identity in the process. But the real bombshell wasn’t in her goodbye—it was in what she said just before she left.
In a final, private meeting at Steffy’s cliffside home, Daphne reveals a truth that could destroy the entire Forrester foundation: she’s Eric Forrester’s biological daughter. Initially, Steffy is paralyzed with disbelief. “You’re lying,” she murmurs. But Daphne doesn’t flinch. She presents a DNA test—official, undeniable. The results are crystal clear. Eric Forrester is her father.
Daphne discloses the backstory. Her mother had a brief affair with Eric years ago but never told him about the pregnancy. Daphne herself didn’t know the truth until recently and conducted the test only after arriving in Los Angeles. Despite everything, she insists she has no plans to confront Eric or demand recognition. “He doesn’t know. And I’m not ready to tell him. Maybe I never will,” she says softly.
Steffy is crushed. Not only is she losing someone she considered a quiet strength in the storm, but she’s now shouldering a secret that could devastate her grandfather. Daphne begs her for one thing: silence. “Don’t tell him—not yet. Please, just let me go.”
Now burdened with this knowledge, Steffy finds herself torn between two loyalties. One to Daphne, who trusted her with this truth. And the other, to her grandfather, who may have a daughter he never knew existed. As Daphne’s plane ascends into the clouds, leaving behind a city of glamor and secrets, Steffy stands on the edge of an emotional precipice.
Will she stay silent, honoring Daphne’s final request? Or will the truth prove too heavy to keep hidden? Either way, this revelation sets off a ticking time bomb that could change the Forrester legacy forever.
