Singled Out: Bold & Beautiful’s Hope Is Bound to Go From Her Break-Up With Carter to a Romance With Him or Him or… Hmm

The minute The Bold and the Beautiful had Carter return Forrester Creation to the Forresters, we knew that it was all over for him and Hope but the crying. But, while he has Daphne waiting in the wings to comfort him post-break-up, who will be there for Hope? Consider the multitude of options at her disposal.

Sure, the doc never seemed tempted in the slightest by Hope. But if we were as angry and hurt as she is, we’d make seducing Steffy’s husband out from under her our top priority. In Hope’s eyes, Steffy cost her her future, so why wouldn’t the blonde move heaven and earth to make her sometime stepsister feel as crappy as she does?

Suppose Clarke Garrison’s son was returned to the fold, only now the doctor was as big a cad as Dad ever was. As the playboy — now played by, let’s say, General Hospital alum Coby Ryan McLaughlin (ex-Shiloh) — pursued Hope, colleague Finn might try to intervene, even at the risk of making waves in his marriage to Steffy.

If the Young & Restless protagonist pressed reset after his awful year by spending some time in L.A., a new romance with Hope could leave him considering relocating permanently with daughter Lucy… who just happens to be Sheila Carter’s granddaughter. Cue the mixed emotions and chaotic drama!

When Soaps.com recently asked which couple fans would reunite if they could, Thomas and Hope received almost half of the votes. Since he’s yet to tie the knot with fiancée Paris, there’s nothing standing in the way of him saying, “To hell with marriage!” and making a beeline for his ex.