B&B Recap: RJ Confronts Zende, Thomas and Hope Make Out as Finn and Steffy Argue Over Thomas

Wednesday, Jan 10, 2024: Today on Bold and the Beautiful, Luna and RJ spend some time alone in the office, Luna tells RJ that her heart belongs to him as Zende watches them share a kiss.

Tuesday’s Early B&B recap: Luna Stops Zende at a Kiss on the Cheek and Accuses Him of Using Her while Xander Tells Finn They Need to End Thomas

A nurse goes to see Finn in his office at the hospital to tell him Eric’s numbers look good and he’s been cracking jokes.

Finn’s thrilled to know.

She takes off and Finn calls the family important to him, as he looks at a  photo of Hope and Thomas, worriedly.

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In the CEO office at Forrester, Steffy flashes back to telling Finn that her brother didn’t murder Emma and that her car lost control.

Hope arrives after having gotten her email.

She can make the adjustments.

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She notices that Steffy’s distracted and offers to do this later.

Steffy’s just worried that Thomas’ past will drag him down again.

Thomas walks in and Steffy says she was just talking about how proud she was of him.

Thomas says she doesn’t need to worry about his past or Hope.

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He’s focused on his future and the joys to come.

He stares at Jope’s engagement ring as she holds it in her hand and smiles at him.

Once they’re alone, Hope and Thomas discuss their relationship.

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They agree it should be nobody’s business but Thomas wouldn’t mind support from his sister, mom, and Hope’s entire family.

He’d like it if they acknowledged that he loves her and would do anything for her.

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Hope thinks only their opinions matter. He calls her the smartest, talented, and beautiful woman he’s ever met and he’s proud to call her his, thankful to work together and spend time together.

He’s looking forward to that ring coming off the necklace and going around her finger.

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She smiles brightly in his arms and tells him she hopes he knows how much she appreciates his proposal.

He wishes she’d said yes but doesn’t want her agreeing to a wedding she doesn’t want.

She’s been there before.

They laugh.

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He feels he’s waited his whole life to marry her, so he can wait a bit longer.

“Can you,” she says as they rub noses.

They make out. He wishes she’d say yes but she needs time.

They make out more and admit they want one another.

He’s worked hard to become “a new human being,” and feels worthy of her love. They kiss.

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In the design office, RJ tells Luna Eric’s improving and asked after her.

RJ asks how she’s doing and if she did anything fun last night.

She doesn’t want to keep secrets and admits she was with Zende.

She explains he sent her a note to meet for dinner and she assumed it was RJ. RJ is pissed and wonders why he’d ambush her, pretending to be him.

Luna says it wasn’t that bad. “Did he come on to you?” Luna says no, but he kissed her cheek. 

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In the lounge, Zende flashes back to kissing Luna on the cheek and smirks to himself.

He recalls Luna asking her not to send secret notes anymore and encourages him to find someone since he’s a great guy.

Zende called RJ lucky when she admits his cousin stole her heart.

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He goes into the design room where RJ launches a tirade, calling him pathetic.

“You can’t find a girl to kiss you, so you have to kiss my girlfriend?”

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Zende looks at Luna, picks up a design glances at it, and tells RJ to relax, that it was a “friendly thing.”

Meanwhile, RJ shifts from one foot to the other, massaging his fist, shocked that this is friendly.

Zende grew up in Europe and that’s just him being friendly. It had nothing to do with RJ.

RJ yells that it has everything to do with him.

This whole thing with Eric, he’s helped him to try to work with them but now he’s asking him to “grab your sketchbook and back off.”

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Once Zende’s gone, RJ and Luna discuss Zende using her as a pawn.

Luna also thinks the man is attracted to her but her heart’s with him.

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RJ loves her.

RJ doesn’t get his cousin’s jealousy. 

They kiss as Zende watches from a crack in the door.

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Steffy is in Finn’s office at the hospital making out with him.

She says when he texts, she drops everything and runs over, then admits she had an appointment down the street.

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He tells her Eric’s doing better daily.

She’s glad, not sure she could handle anything else, especially with Xende back “spreading those lies.”

Finn admits Xander returned.

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Steffy’s angry. Why didn’t he tell him to get lost?

Finn couldn’t do that because Xander sounded desperate.

Steffy wants him to see how Thomas worked hard to be a better man.

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“Why, because he wasn’t a good man before? Because he’s done terrible things?”

He thinks more and more that Thomas is responsible for Emma Barber’s death.

Steffy demands he drop this but Finn knows Thomas tailgated Thomas or at least he seemed certain.

He saw the GPS in Thomas’ car and the security cameras.

“Thomas was on Molholland,” Steffy says he could have been on the way to Brooke’s.

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Emma’s death was a tragedy but it wasn’t Thomas’ fault.

Finn argues that there is evidence but Steffy says the police investigated this.

Thomas was cleared. She worries it could trigger him and he could backslide.

Finn respects her love and protection but “you’re wrong.”

He implores her to ask Thomas for the truth.

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